Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A822-O234

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A822-O234

Release Date: June 4, 2014

发布日：2014年6月4日

Topic: Human Rights Leaders Gather in Front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington to Commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the June 4 Massacre (Radio Free Asia)

标题：华盛顿中国驻美使馆前，民运人权领袖齐聚，纪念六四25周年（自由亚洲电台）

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Human Rights Leaders Gather in Front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington to Commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the June 4 Massacre

-- Radio Free Asia report

2014-06-01

Right before the 25th anniversary of June 4 Massacre in Beijing, nearly 100 human rights leaders and people who support Chinese democracy and human rights from various cities across the USA and from Mainland China and Japan gathered in front of the Chinese embassy in Washington DC, USA, at 7:30pm on the evening of May 31. The participants in the commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the June 4 Massacre paid tribute to these who sacrificed their lives in the democracy movement in 1989.

The commemoration was hosted by the IFCSS (Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars, USA) and co-sponsored by many human rights and democracy organizations that included the Wei Jingsheng Foundation, the Greater Washington Network for Democracy in China (GWNDC), etc. The commemoration was moderated by Zhou Jian, an IFCSS council member. Wei Jingsheng, the pro-democracy leader; Harry Wu, human rights activist; Wang Dan, the student leader in 1989; and the Honorable Seishu Makino, former parliamentary member and vice minister of Japan, attended the commemoration and delivered their speeches. After a moment of silence for the victims of the June 4 Massacre in 1989, the commemoration broadcast a recorded audio of You Weijie, the representative of the Tiananmen Mothers. Wei Jingsheng also unveiled the sculpture "Courage" at the commemoration, in memory of the warrior who stopped the tanks on the way to Tiananmen Square. Meanwhile, the IFCSS announced its 2014 annual "Spirit of Freedom Award" to Li Chengpeng, an Internet opinion leader, and Liu Xianbin, a human rights activist who is still in prison, in recognition of their efforts to advocate for democracy and human rights.

This is the 25th year that the IFCSS has held its consecutive annual commemoration of the June 4 Massacre. The commemoration was also broadcast synchronously through live transmission to the world, especially Mainland China, over the Internet.

(Editor: Kou Tianli )

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http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/1-06012014091233.html

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1. Human rights activist Harry Wu speaking at the commemoration:

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2. Wang Dan, the student leader in 1989 speaking at the commemoration:

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3. Seishu Makino, former parliamentary member and vice minister of Japan, speaking at the commemoration:

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Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A822-O234

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A822-O234

Release Date: June 4, 2014

发布日：2014年6月4日

Topic: Human Rights Leaders Gather in Front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington to Commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the June 4 Massacre (Radio Free Asia)

标题：华盛顿中国驻美使馆前，民运人权领袖齐聚，纪念六四25周年（自由亚洲电台）

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华盛顿中国驻美使馆前，民运人权领袖齐聚，纪念六四25周年（自由亚洲电台）

2014-06-01

在六四25周年来临之际，来自美国各地及中国大陆、日本等地的人权领袖和支持中国民主自由的人士约近百人，于5月31日晚七点半集聚在美国首都华盛顿中国驻美国大使馆前，参加"六四屠杀25周年纪念会"，悼念在1989年民主运动中牺牲的人们。

这次纪念会由全美中国学生学者自治联合会（全美学自联）主办，协办者包括魏京生基金会、大华府华人支持民运联络委员会等多个人权民运团体。纪念会由全美学自联理事周建主持，民运领袖魏京生、人权活动家吴宏达、八九学运领袖王丹、日本国会议会议员及原日本国会议员牧野圣修等到场并发表演讲。在与会者向六四遇难者默哀后，纪念会播放了天安门母亲代表尤维洁的录音。魏京生还为纪念会上的雕像“勇气”揭幕，缅怀1989年在天安门广场只身挡坦克的勇士。同时，全美学自联宣布，将2014年度"自由精神奖"颁给中国网络意见领袖李承鹏和仍在狱中的人权活动人士刘贤斌，以表彰他们为倡导民主人权所作出的努力。

此次纪念会是全美学自联连续第25年主办六四纪念会，会议还通过互联网同步向全球尤其是中国大陆做了实况传送。

（责编：寇天力）

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http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/1-06012014091233.html