Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A356-W189

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A356-W189

Release Date: April 12, 2008

发布日：2008年4月12日

Topic: Human Rights Torch Arrives Washington DC, Wei Jingsheng Speaks at the Rally

标题：魏京生在华盛顿人权圣火集会上发言

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Human Rights Torch Arrives Washington DC, Wei Jingsheng Speaks at the Rally

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On April 6 in Washington, D.C., three Nubian Sudanese athletes, with human rights torches in hand, ran from the Victims of Communism Memorial to a lively crowd of hundreds of participants of a Global Human Rights Torch Relay (HRTR) rally at Freedom Plaza.

China's continuing violation of human rights leading up to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing was the focus of attention of the HRTR rally, as the international campaign passed the torch to the nation's capital, having passed through 29 countries, and the American cities of San Jose, Boston, Denver, and, most recently, San Francisco, which received the torch on Saturday.

The Washington, D.C. City Council passed a resolution that supported HRTR and condemned the human rights abuses in China.

Many groups suffering under communist rule were represented at the rally, including Falun Gong practitioners, Christians, Tibetans, Vietnamese, Laotians, Chinese and democracy advocates.

The Nubian runners, representing an ethnic group in Sudan and Egypt, made a big hit with the crowd. China supports the government of Sudan, both monetarily with equipment and by a Chinese labor force, in their intention to building the Kajbar dam and other dams, without the consent of the Nubian people.

Well-known overseas Chinese democracy Activist Wei Jingsheng spoke at the rally: "The human rights torch is the authentic sacred torch, it represents human rights, reconciliation, it is not about hatred. The Chinese Communist Party's so-called sacred torch represents suppression and slaughter of the Tibetan people, slaughter of Falun Gong practitioners and all religious believers; slaughter of anyone who protests against the dictatorship of the communists; they confiscate people's land and tear down their houses, what moral authority does that give them to say the Olympic torch is a 'sacred flame'?"

Wei Jingsheng observed that in recent months the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has not relaxed in its persecution of the Chinese people; rather its persecution of democracy activists, of Tibetans, of Falun Gong, of religous believers of all sorts has actually intensified. He said, "The CCP has a way of thinking about these things, they often think that suppression is a master key. As pressure grows more intense, the persecution grows more severe. Some still persist in persecuting despite external pressure, this is just the nature of the CCP, it is the nature of this evil regime. As suppression grows more intense, the pressure the CCP faces also grows; as the pressure grows the CCP then suppresses even more harshly, this is a sign that the CCP will soon collapse."

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Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A356-W189

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A356-W189

Release Date: April 12, 2008

发布日：2008年4月12日

Topic: Human Rights Torch Arrives Washington DC, Wei Jingsheng Speaks at the Rally

标题：魏京生在华盛顿人权圣火集会上发言

Original Language Version: Chinese (Chinese version at the end)

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魏京生在华盛顿人权圣火集会上发言

由法轮功受迫害真相调查团(（简称CIPFG)）发起的"人权圣火"全球传递，4月6日午后抵达美国首都华盛顿。上百位来自各个族裔的代表与华盛顿社会各界人士、人权组织代表、宗教人士参加了迎接"人权圣火"仪式和集会。

在华盛顿共产主义受难者纪念碑下，CIPFG成员ThongChanh Boulom接过从美国东岸城市波士顿传抵华盛顿的"人权圣火"，三位苏丹裔火炬手沿国会山前的宾西法尼亚大道把"人权圣火"传至白宫附近的"自由广场"。

当三位火炬手手持圣火进入自由广场时，上百名各族裔民众鼓掌欢呼，伴随着华裔歌手南希·王女士演唱的人权圣火主题歌，现场气氛掀起高潮。

来自华盛顿各族裔代表在迎接"人权圣火"的集会上发言。海外著名民运人士魏京生先生在集会上说，"人权圣火"是真正的圣火，圣火本身代表人权，代表人类的和解，而不是仇恨。共产党所谓的"圣火"代表的是镇压，在屠杀西藏人民；在屠杀法轮功学员和宗教成员；在屠杀那些对共产党的暴政提出抗议的人们；在夺走人民的土地；拆掉人民的房子...它们怎么有资格说它们的是"圣火"呢？

魏京生先生注意到，共产党最近几个月以来对各个方面的迫害，对民运人士、对西藏人士、对法轮功、对各种宗教人士的迫害，不是减轻了，反而加重了。他说，"共产党有一种思维方式，它总觉得镇压是万能的，压力越来，镇压越凶。有压力还在坚持，这就是共产党的本性，一个邪恶政权的本性。镇压越厉害，它面临压力越大，面临压力越大，镇压得越厉害，这是共产党快要崩溃的标志。"