Overseas
Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A402-O122
中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A402-O122
Release
Date: August 7, 2008
发布日：2008年8月7日
Topic:
Media advisory: Press Notice and Press Release for a "Freedom First - No
Olympics Medal for China" Rally on August 7, 2008, in Front of Chinese
Embassy in Washington DC, Sponsored by Multiple Organizations and Joined by
Hundreds Tibetans and Freedom Loving People
标题：亚洲民主联盟及各人权组织将于２００８年８月７日在中国驻美大使馆前举办“自由第一 -- 中国无金牌”的抗议集会活动
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Media
advisory: Press Notice and Press Release for a "Freedom First - No
Olympics Medal for China" Rally on August 7, 2008, in Front of Chinese
Embassy in Washington DC, Sponsored by Multiple Organizations and Joined by
Hundreds Tibetans and Freedom Loving People
PRESS
NOTICE
No
Olympics Medal for China: Protesting China's Abysmal Human Rights Record
DATE:
August 7, 2008
TIME:
2PM to 5PM
PLACE:
Chinese Embassy (2300 Connecticut Ave. NW., Washington, DC, USA)
Contact:
Ms. Doma Norbu 646-812-5228 or Ms. Ciping Huang 202-543-1538
Speakers
include but not limited to Ms. Rebiya Kadeer and Mr. Wei Jingsheng, both of
whom met with President Bush in the White House on July 29 regarding their
efforts in promoting democracy and human rights in China; as well as leaders of
Asia Democracy Alliance, and representatives from the international human
rights organizations including Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty
International.
There
will be hundreds of Tibetans traveling from New York to attend this
demonstration, led by Doma Norbu, President of Chushi Gangdruk.
Sponsoring
Organizations:
Asia
Democracy Alliance
Chushi
Gangdruk
Formosan
Association for Public Affairs (FAPA)
Overseas
Chinese Democracy Coalition
World
Uyghur Congress
Inner
Mongolian People's Party
Reporters
Without Borders
China
Support Network
Independent
Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars
Freedom
First, Olympics Second Coalition
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Press
Release
"FREEDOM
FIRST" - " NO OLYMPICS MEDAL FOR CHINA"
August
7, 2008
The
Olympics is intended to be a celebration of the human spirit, but the spirit of
the Tibetan, Uyghur, Inner Mongolian and Chinese people are being crushed under
the weight of an oppressive regime. As the opening ceremony of the Olympics are
underway, harsh measures are currently being implemented in Tibet, Xinjiang,
Inner Mongolia and China to intimidate the people and prevent any further signs
of dissent.
Thousands
of people are still missing or in detention, and a climate of fear prevails.
While Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia are in theory open to foreign visitors
and journalists, in practice, only a government-approved few are permitted.
When
Beijing won the rights to host the 2008 Olympics in 2001, the Chinese
government made a promise to the International Olympic Committee and the
international community to concretely improve human rights. But those promises
have for the most part been empty.
Amnesty
International in its 8th July 2008 report states "In fact, the crackdown
on human rights defenders, journalists and lawyers has intensified because
Beijing is hosting the Olympics. The authorities have stepped up repression of
dissident voices in their efforts to present an image of "stability"
and "harmony" to the outside world. This has resulted in the detention
and imprisonment of those who wish to draw attention to the other side of the
picture, which includes human rights violations perpetrated in preparation for
the Games.
We
are counting on President Bush and other world leaders to make clear while in
Beijing that token gestures from the Chinese government are not enough to
silence international concern for these oppressed people. "The Chinese
government's policies in these areas will continue to impact China's image
abroad, for good or ill, long after the Olympics spotlight dims.
In
light of this grim situation, we request that:
1.
The Chinese government stops its crackdown on innocent people in the guise of
Olympic security.
2.
The Chinese authorities should account for those who remain in detention and
that they will be accorded due process in accordance with international legal
standards.
3.
Journalists, Representatives from the United Nations and Aid agencies should be
provided with free access throughout Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia.
4.
President Bush and all world leaders attending the Olympics should request
permission to travel to Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia. Such a visit would
demonstrate their genuine concern in resolving the issue through a meaningful
and lasting process.
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You
are also invited for another event hold in the morning of August 8, 2008, in
front of Chinese embassy in Washington DC by Reporters Without Borders, which
also invited both WEI Jingsheng and HUANG Ciping to speak. The following is the related
information.
2008
BEIJING GAMES
Call
For Protests Outside Chinese Embassies and Online During 8 August Opening
Ceremony
As
the repression steps up in China in a bid to stop journalists, human rights
activists, Tibetans and Uyghurs from speaking out, Reporters Without Borders
calls for demonstrations outside China's embassies in London, Madrid, Berlin,
Paris, Washington, Brussels, Montreal, Rome and Stockholm on 8 August, while
the Olympic Games opening ceremony is taking place in Beijing.
In Washington,
the rally will be outside of the Chinese Embassy , located at 2300 Connecticut
Ave NW. Protesters will begin to
gather at 7:30 am on Friday, with the first 100 supporters receiving free
Reporters Without Borders Beijing 2008 T-shirts. Speeches by leaders of human rights organizations and
Chinese dissidents will begin at 8:08 am, to correspond with the start of the
games in Beijing. Speeches
will be followed by an invitation for all participants to come up and speak
about human rights and the Olympics.
The rally will last until 11:30 a.m.
Reporters
Without Borders is also organizing a cyber-demonstration on 8 August at this
web address: http://www.rsfbeijing2008.org. Internet users=2 0all over the
world will be able to come and protest outside a virtual version of Beijing's
Olympic Stadium, waving a placard with the slogan of their choice.
"Chinese
human rights activists, are being detained, harassed or forced to leave
Beijing, while their supporters abroad are being prevented from going to
China,"
Reporters
Without Borders said. "It is against this backdrop that the Chinese
government and the International Olympic Committee plan to launch the 2008
Summer Olympics."
The
press freedom organization added: "We cannot remain indifferent to the
fate of the prisoners of conscience. These peaceful demonstrations will offer a
response to the cynicism of those who will sit with their arms crossed inside
the Beijing stadium on 8 August."
Around
100 journalists, cyber-dissidents, bloggers and netizens are currently in
prison in China, while censorship is still ubiquitous in the press and online.
The Chinese government has not kept the promises to improve respect for human
rights that it made in 2001, when Beijing was chosen to host the 2008 Olympics.
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中文版
Overseas
Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A402-O122
中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A402-O122
Release
Date: August 7, 2008
发布日：2008年8月7日
Topic:
Media advisory: Press Notice and Press Release for a "Freedom First - No
Olympics Medal for China" Rally on August 7, 2008, in Front of Chinese
Embassy in Washington DC, Sponsored by Multiple Organizations and Joined by
Hundreds Tibetans and Freedom Loving People
标题：亚洲民主联盟及各人权组织将于２００８年８月７日在中国驻美大使馆前举办“自由第一 -- 中国无金牌”的抗议集会活动
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亚洲民主联盟及各人权组织将于２００８年８月７日在中国驻美大使馆前举办“自由第一 -- 中国无金牌”的抗议集会活动
新闻预告：
“自由第一 -- 中国无金牌”的集会活动将抗议中共的恶劣人权纪录
时间：２００８年８月７日，下午２点至５点
地点：中国驻美大使馆 (2300 Connecticut Ave. NW., Washington, DC, USA)
联络人：朵玛： 646-812-5228；黄慈萍： 202-543-1538
演讲者将包括最近刚在白宫见了布什总统并敦促他大讲人权的热比娅与魏京生，以及亚洲民主联盟的领袖们，及记者无疆界与国际大赦等国际人权组织的代表。
四水六岗的主席朵玛诺布将率领上百名藏人前来参加这次活动。
参与组织：
亚洲民主联盟
四水六岗
中国民主运动海外联席会议
世界维吾尔大会
内蒙古人民党
记者无疆界
中国支持网络
全美中国学生学者自治联合会
自由第一，奥运第二联盟
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"自由第一"--"中国无金牌"声明
奥林匹克意在庆贺人文精神，但藏人、维吾尔人和内蒙人以及中国百姓却处在专制政府的沉重压迫下。北京奥林匹克开幕式逼近之时，中国政府加紧了对西藏、新疆、内蒙古以及中国的控制，以便吓退老百姓，阻止更多的反对声音。成千上万的中国人不是失踪就是被拘留看管，以至恐怖气氛上升。虽然理论上来说西藏，新疆和内蒙古都对外国观光者和记者开放，但事实上只有少数获得政府批准的外国人才能进入。
当北京政府在２００１年赢得２００８年奥运会主办权的时候，他们对国际奥委会和国际社会做出了承诺，要大力改善人权状况。但是这些承诺大部分只是空话。
国际大赦组织在其２００８年７月８日的报告中陈述："事实上，对人权斗士、记者、律师的迫害反而因为北京变成奥运会主办国而更加严重了。政府权威人士加紧了对不同声音的压制，以向外界表现所谓的稳定与和谐。结果是，一些人想要让外界知道真相，其中包括奥运会筹备期间明显侵犯人权的现象，他们反倒为此遭受拘留、看押或监禁。"
我们寄希望于布什总统和其他世界级领袖，希望你们能够在北京清楚地表达你们的看法，中国政府所作的姿态决不足减轻整个世界对受到压制的中国人的关注。"中国政府在人权方面的政策将继续给它自己的国际形象造成影响。不管是好是坏，在奥林匹克的聚光灯暗淡下以后，这个影响都会长期地存在。"
在这个关键时刻，我们提出以下要求：
一、中国政府应该停止以"保证奥林匹克安全"为借口镇压无辜百姓。
二、对那些受到监禁、监视的人们，中国政府应该遵循国际法律标准程序，对他们做出合法的处理。
三、记者、联合国代表，以及援助人员应该有充分的自由进入所有的西藏、新疆和内蒙古地区。
四、布什总统和各国参加奥运会的领袖应该要求中国政府开放区西藏、新疆和内蒙古地区的旅行以表明一个诚意，来说明中国政府愿用具有实际意义和长期效果的途径来解决问题。
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