Wei
Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A914-W595
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A914-W595
Release
Date: February 10, 2016
发布日：2016年2月10日
Topic:
"Human Rights Without Borders" -- Program of the Second Exhibition
and Award Ceremony for the "Human Rights and Freedom Defender"
标题：第二届“人权无国界”展暨魏京生基金会“人权与自由卫士奖”颁奖典礼节目单
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"Human
Rights Without Borders" -- Program of the Second Exhibition and Award
Ceremony for the "Human Rights and Freedom Defender"
Place: in
the Foyer of the Rayburn House Office Building of the US Congress
Address:
Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street, Washington, DC 20003
Time:
opening and award ceremony: 4:00pm - 6:00pm, Thursday, February 11, 2016
Exhibition: 9:00am - 7:00pm, Thursday, February 11 & Friday,
February 12, 2016
Program
Opening
remarks:
WEI
Jingsheng, President of the Wei Jingsheng Foundation
Antoine
Ripoll, head of the European Parliament Liaison Office with the US Congress
Congressman
James McGovern, chairman of Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
Congresswoman
Barbara Lee
Award
ceremony:
Presentation
of the Second "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize
by the Wei Jingsheng Foundation to:
US
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Robert
L. Bernstein (via video)
(note:
due to the voting and other events going on in the US House, the award ceremony
will start only when Leader Pelosi arrives)
Remarks
by:
Congresswoman
Judy Chu, Chair of Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)
Congressman
Charles Rangel
Matteo
Mecacci, President of the International Campaign for Tibet
Carl
Gershman, President of the National Endowment for Democracy
Sophie
Richardson, China Director at Human Rights Watch
Dr. Lobsang
Sangay, Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile
Sarah Cook,
Senior Research Analyst for East Asia, Freedom House
We
are also grateful to these US Congressional members and VIP’s who will
participate but unable to speak at the event.
Moderated
by:
Ciping
HUANG, executive director of the Wei Jingsheng Foundation
A
reception with hors d'oeuvre and drinks will be served from 4pm to 7pm
Event
is co-sponsored by:
The Wei Jingsheng Foundation
The European Parliament Liaison Office
with the US Congress
Reporters Without Boarders
Freedom House
International Campaign for Tibet
IFCSS (Independent Federation of Chinese
Students and Scholars, USA)
The
Exhibition and materials distributed this year will feature:
The human
rights issues in Tibet,
The
Umbrella Movement and the downward trend of freedoms in Hong Kong, and
The recent detentions of hundreds of
human rights activists and lawyers in China,
as well as the European Parliament's 25th
anniversary of the Sakharov Prize and its Laureates, and its efforts on human
rights, equality, freedom, and democracy; and materials related to the 75th
anniversary of the Freedom House, including its recently published report of
Freedom of the World in 2015, as well as the information about Tibet by the
International Campaign for Tibet.
In
addition, there will be an Asia Democracy Alliance seminar from 1:30pm to
3:30pm on February 11th in Rayburn 2103 (across from the Rayburn foyer). Asian Community leaders and activists
as well as experts on Asia will give talks about the current situation in
Asia. This seminar is also a
celebration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of this alliance.
Contacts:
Ciping
HUANG: HCP@WeiJingSheng.org and HCP0411WJS@aol.com or call: 1-202-270-6980 for
more information.
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About
"Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize by the Wei Jingsheng
Foundation
The
"Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize was a decision reached by
the Wei Jingsheng Foundation during its board meeting in March 2012 in
Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. Mr.
Wei Jingsheng's long-time desire is to express gratitude to those people who
have been supporting Chinese freedom and human rights. It was initiated by board member, Dr.
Jonathan X. Chen, who contributed directly his well known popular calligraphy
at the base of the prize trophy: "Democracy, Freedom, Human Rights,
Equality. "
As
Wei Jingsheng expressed, "I have received so many prizes for our Chinese's
effort of democracy and human rights, yet we have not expressed enough our
appreciation of the importance of the people who continuously support us from
their hearts and morale stand despite all the difficulty." The Wei Jingsheng Foundation wishes
through this effort to show this appreciation to the international society and
supporters.
The
prize trophy of the "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" prize is a
copy of the artwork designed by the famous sculptor Mr. Mario Chiodo, who
designed the largest cast bronze representational sculpture west of the
Mississippi in the USA called "Remember Them -- The Champions for
Humanity." In this sculpture
group there is a quotation from Wei Jingsheng: "We all dream of freedom in
the same way."
Related
photo: The trophy of the "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" prize by
the Wei Jingsheng Foundation
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中文版
Wei
Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A914-W595
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A914-W595
Release
Date: February 10, 2016
发布日：2016年2月10日
Topic:
"Human Rights Without Borders" -- Program of the Second Exhibition
and Award Ceremony for the "Human Rights and Freedom Defender"
标题：第二届“人权无国界”展暨魏京生基金会“人权与自由卫士奖”颁奖典礼节目单
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第二届“人权无国界”展暨魏京生基金会“人权与自由卫士奖”颁奖典礼节目单
地点：美国国会众议院雷伯恩办公大楼的大堂（即正门休息大厅，在面对Independence大道安检区的楼上）
地址：Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street, Washington, DC
20003
开幕式和颁奖典礼时间：2016年2月11日（周四），下午四时至六时
展览时间：2016年2月11日（周四）至2月12日（周五），上午九点至下午七点
亚洲民主联盟研讨会时间：2016年2月11日（周四）下午一点半至三点半（雷伯恩大楼2103室）
节目单
开场白：
魏京生基金会主席：魏京生
欧洲议会驻美国国会办公室主任：安托恩·瑞珀利(Antoine Ripoll)
美国国会众议院兰托斯人权委员会主席詹姆斯·麦戈文（James McGovern）
美国国会众议员芭芭拉·李（Barbara Lee）
颁奖典礼：
魏京生基金会“人权自由卫士奖”授予：
美国众议院民主党领袖南希·佩洛西
罗伯特·L·伯恩斯坦（通过视频）
（注：因美国众议院可能的投票变动，颁奖典礼将在佩洛西领袖实际到达时开始。）
演讲：
美国国会亚太裔党团主席众议员赵美心（Judy Chu）
美国国会众议员查尔斯·兰格尔（Charles Rangel）
国际声援西藏运动主席利玛窦·迈卡西（Matteo Mecacci）
美国民主基金会主席：卡尔·格许曼（Carl Gershman）
人权观察中国区主管：索菲亚·理查森（Sophie Richardson）
西藏流亡政府司政洛桑森格博士（Lobsang Sangay）
自由之家东亚高级研究分析师：莎拉·库克（Sarah Cook）
本活动也感谢参与但未能演讲的美国国会议员们及其他重要人物。
主持：魏京生基金会执行主任 黄慈萍
有开胃菜和饮料的招待会将于下午4点至晚上七时同步举行
主办组织：
魏京生基金会
欧洲议会驻美国国会办公室
记者无国界
自由之家
国际声援西藏运动
全美学自联（全美中国学生自治联合会学者）
这次的展览和分发材料包括：
西藏的人权问题，
雨伞革命和香港的自由下降趋势，以及
中国境内近期数百名中国维权人士和律师的拘留等；
以及欧洲议会萨哈罗夫奖及获奖者，及其致力于人权、平等、自由和民主努力的25周年纪念；和有关自由之家75周年庆祝及其最近发表的2015年世界自由报告的材料；和国际声援西藏运动有关西藏的材料。
此外，亚洲民主联盟研讨会将于同日（2月11日）下午一点半至三点半在雷伯恩2103房间（雷伯恩正门大厅的对门）举办有关亚洲的讲座。亚洲社区的领导者和活动家以及专家将就亚洲地区目前的局势进行研讨。本次研讨会也是这个联盟成立10周年的庆祝活动。
联系方式：
黄慈萍：HCP@WeiJingSheng.org和HCP0411WJS@aol.com或致电：1-202-270-6980。
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关于魏京生基金会的“人权与自由卫士奖”
设立“人权与自由卫士奖”是魏京生基金会在其2012年3月在美国弗吉尼亚州威廉斯堡举行的董事会议上所作的决定。魏京生先生多年来希望能感谢那些支持中国的自由和人权的国际朋友。这个决定是由董事会成员陈兴宇博士提议的。以书法闻名的陈博士还亲自为奖杯底座的“民主、自由、人权、平等”题词。
如同魏京生先生所表示的：“我已经得到了这么多支持我们中国的民主和人权事业的奖项，但我们并未能对那些不断以他们的道义和热心、克服重重困难来支持我们的人们表示足够的敬意。”魏京生基金会希望通过这一奖项来感谢国际社会和这些人物的支持。
“人权与自由卫士奖”的奖品是美国著名雕塑家马里奥•奇奥多(Mario Chiodo)的作品。奇奥多先生以创造了美国密西西比河以西最大的青铜铸造的雕塑群而闻名。在这组《记住他们--世界人道领袖们》的群雕中刻有魏京生的一段文字："我们以同样的方式梦想自由（WE ALL DREAM OF FREEDOM IN THE SAME WAY）"
相关图片：魏京生基金会“人权与自由卫士奖”的奖品：
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