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中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A867-O244
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Date: June 1, 2015
发布日：2015年6月1日
Topic:
Wei Jingsheng: While Observing the 26th Anniversary, No One Can Stop the Spirit
of the 1989 Democracy Movement (Voice of America report)
标题：魏京生：26周年，"六四"精神阻挡不了（美国之音报道）
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Wei
Jingsheng: While Observing the 26th Anniversary, No One Can Stop the Spirit of
the 1989 Democracy Movement
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by Si Yang and Wang Ziyang, Voice of America
31.05.2015
11:45
On
Saturday, May 30, 2015, in the US capital Washington, DC, the 26th consecutive
yearly commemoration in memory of the victims sacrificed in the 1989
pro-democracy movement lead by the IFCSS (the Independent Federation of Chinese
Students and Scholars, USA) was held.
Wei Jingsheng, the pro-democracy veteran who has been in exile, said
that the spirit of the 1989 democracy movement in pursuing democracy and human
rights has not be lost after 26 years.
In addition, a new generation of Chinese overseas expressed that it is
their social responsibility to commemorate the 1989 democracy movement.
The
IFCSS held its 26th annual candle light vigil in commemoration of the June 4
Massacre of the 1989 pro-democracy movement from 7:30pm to 9:30pm in the park
in front of the Chinese embassy .
Wei
Jingsheng was already in jail even ten years before the 1989 student
movement. The veteran
pro-democracy activist spoke at this commemorative gathering. He said that maybe to some people, the
massacre in Beijing 26 years ago is already a distant memory. Further, many young Chinese do not know
about the June 4 Massacre because of the blockade by the Chinese Communist
Party. However, he said that he is
not worried about the disappearance of the 1989 spirit, nor is he concerned of
a lacking of successors for China's "democratization".
He
said: "Someone said, 'China's democratization may not have successors,'
and I said: 'not so.' One may not
know about the June 4 Massacre, but everyone knows one needs to be respected by
others. Everyone wants human
rights and to live a good life.
China needs to have democracy.
If they know this, then this is the spirit of the 1989 democracy
movement. This spirit can not be
erased nor could it be stopped."
Wei
Jingsheng recognized that in comparison to before, due to various reasons, the
number of people who attend the commemoration has declined significantly.
Gu
Yi is one of the younger generation who came to attend the 26 anniversary of
the June 4 Massacre. He currently
is a doctoral student at the University of Georgia. Recently, he drafted "an open letter to the students in
China at the 26th anniversary of June 4", which received criticism by the
official media of the Chinese government.
He
explained the reason for him to draft this open letter.
"This
time we drafted this open letter about June 4, because we came to study abroad
and found we are able to access a lot of the information which was difficult to
access when we were in China. We
got to know the history of our country 26 years ago, with such a tragic
scene. Yet, the truth has been
concealed and was tampered with.
The then survivors are still being harassed and imprisoned. The then victims are unknown. We feel, as Chinese, we have the
responsibility to speak out the truth, especially to let people in our
generation and those inside China to learn, so the blood of these victims of
the June 4 Massacre would not be wasted."
Gu
Yi admitted that he was worried and had fears, but in the end he chose to do so
in the hope that his own offspring will not be as afraid as himself.
Wu
Jianmin was one of the participants of the 1989 democracy movement. He was one of the leaders of the
Independent Federation of the Nanjing Colleges and thus was thrown into jail
for 7 years after 1989. One month
ago, he had just left China to come to the United States.
He
said the reason to commemorate June 4 is because the bloodstain has only
darkened after the June 4 Massacre.
"That is because for the past 26 years, the Communist Party has not
changed the course they had carried out all these years. The Communist regime has not pushed
Chinese political reform and democratic revolution further. Instead, since last year, we have seen people
like Guo Yushan, Pu Zhiqiang, and Yu Shiwen, etc. were sent to jail as I was,
because of their pursuit of freedom.
The suppression against these liberals is completely contrary to our
effort to promote constitutional government and the rule of law in China."
The
suppression of dissidents by the Communist Party has continued since June 4,
1989, with an upward trend in recent years. Some dissidents, including Nobel Peace Prize recipent Liu
Xiaobo, reporter Gao Yu, human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, are still in
prison. The IFCSS dedicated its
2015 "Spirit of Freedom Award" to Gao Yu, who received a seven years
sentence in April of this year.
For
the original interview video and related information, visit the VOA website at:
http://www.voachinese.com/content/commenmoration-of-june-fourth-20150531/2800975.html#hash=relatedInfoContainer
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the related video link:
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/june-4-massacre-20150531/2802106.html#relatedInfoContainer
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video is also available at:
http://www.weijingsheng.org/interviews/interviews2015/IFCSS64commemoration150530VOAreport.mp4
and:
https://youtu.be/lzxAS5mR-QU
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Overseas
Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A867-O244
中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A867-O244
Release
Date: June 1, 2015
发布日：2015年6月1日
Topic:
Wei Jingsheng: While Observing the 26th Anniversary, No One Can Stop the Spirit
of the 1989 Democracy Movement (Voice of America report)
标题：魏京生：26周年，"六四"精神阻挡不了（美国之音报道）
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魏京生：26周年，"六四"精神阻挡不了
美国之音记者：斯洋，王子扬
31.05.2015
11:45
2015年5月30日（星期六）在美国首都华盛顿，全美中国学生学者自治联合会连续第26年主办"六四"纪念会，以悼念在1989年中国民主运动中牺牲的人们。流亡海外的资深民运人士魏京生说，"六四"追求民主和人权的精神在26年后并不会被磨灭。还有海外新生一代表示，纪念"六四"是他们的社会责任。
2015年5月30日晚上7点半至9点半，在美国首都华盛顿中国驻美国大使馆前的公园内，全美中国学生学者自治联合会为"六四"
26周年举办了纪念烛光晚会。
魏京生在1989年学运开始前十年就因从事民主活动而坐牢了。这位资深民运人士在这次纪念会上说，也许对一些人来说，26年前发生在北京的屠杀已经是遥远的记忆，而且，由于中国共产党对"六四"的封锁，很多中国年轻人并不知道"六四"事件，但是，他说，他并不担心"六四"精神会消亡，也不担心中国"民主化"后继无人。
他说： "他说，'中国民主化是不是会后继无人了'，我说：'不会的'。他可以不知道'六四'，但是，他知道他自己需要受到别人的尊重，要人权，要过好日子，中国要有民主，他知道这个，那么这就是'六四'的精神，
这个精神是磨灭不了的， 也阻挡不了的。"
魏京生承认与以前相比，因为种种原因，来参加纪念会的人数显著下降。
古懿是来参加"六四"26周年纪念的新生一代。他目前是美国乔治亚大学的博士研究生，他前不久起草了一封《六四26周年致国内同学的公开信》，遭到中国官方媒体的批判。
他在纪念会上解释了自己当初写这份公开信的原因。
"这次我们起草了这封六四公开信，是因为我们留学海外，接触到了非常多的当年在国内很难接触到的资讯，知道了在我们国家的历史上26年前曾经发生过这么惨绝人寰的一幕，而真相至今被掩盖、被篡改，而当年的幸存者依然被骚扰和监禁，而当年的牺牲者一直被无名化。我们感觉作为一个中国人，我们有这个责任把真相讲出来，特别是让我们的同龄人，让国内的朋友们知道，这样那些六四牺牲者的鲜血才不会白流。”
古懿承认，自己也曾担心，也曾害怕，但是，他最终选择这样做，是希望自己的后代不会像自己一样害怕。
吴建民是"六四"事件的参与者之一。他曾经是南京高自联的领导人之一。因为"六四"他曾被投入监狱7年。一个月前，他刚刚离开中国来到美国。
他说，纪念"六四"还因为"六四"之后，"血痕”还在加深。"因为26年来，中共并没有改变他们所执行的一贯路线，并没有让中国的政治改革和民主革命有所推进，而相反从去年开始，我们见到了类似像郭玉闪、浦志强、于世文等，因为他们追求自由，先后又走入了我曾经走过的牢房。对这些自由人士的打压，显然是跟我们推进法治中国、宪政中国所完全违背的。"
中共对异议人士的打压自"六四"之后一直在继续，最近几年有上升的趋势。包括诺贝尔和平奖获得者刘晓波、记者高瑜、维权律师浦志强在内的一些异议人士仍被关押。全美学自联将2015年的"自由精神奖"颁给了今年4月被判有期徒刑七年的高瑜。
美国之音网站上原始节目的视频及相关文字的链接为：
http://www.voachinese.com/content/commenmoration-of-june-fourth-20150531/2800975.html#hash=relatedInfoContainer
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https://youtu.be/lzxAS5mR-QU
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