Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A1029-W669

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1029-W669

Release Date: July 24, 2017

发布日：2017年7月24日

Topic: Invitation to Attend the Third "Human Rights Without Borders" Exhibition and the Third "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize Award Ceremony in the US Congress

标题：邀请公众参加在美国国会举办的第三届“人权无国界展”暨第三届“人权自由卫士奖”颁奖典礼

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Invitation to Attend the Third "Human Rights Without Borders" Exhibition and the Third "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize Award Ceremony in the US Congress

You are coordinately invited to attend.

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, July 27, 2017

Exhibition: 11:00am - 7:00pm, Thursday, July 27 & Friday, July 28, 2017

On Thursday, July 27, 2017, the third "Human Rights Without Borders" exhibition and the third ceremony awarding the "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize of the Wei Jingsheng Foundation will be held in the foyer of Rayburn House Office Building of the US Congress. These events are co-sponsored by:

The Wei Jingsheng Foundation

The European Parliament Liaison Office with the US Congress

Freedom House

Reporters Without Borders

Tianwen United Institute

IFCSS (Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars, USA)

Chinese European Post

This time, the "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize by the Wei Jingsheng Foundation will be awarded to US House Representative Christopher Smith, for his decades-long devotion and effort to improve human rights and freedom all over the world, especially China. The first "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize was awarded to former Congressman Frank Wolf, a life-long champion for freedom and human rights. The second was awarded to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Mr. Robert L. Bernstein, founder of Human Rights Watch, life long champions for freedom and human rights as well.

Members of the Congress, as well as the members of the human rights organizations, and people who support and are interested of the progress of freedom, human rights and democracy in the world will participate. All the events on that day will be open to the general public.

A reception with hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be served from 5:30pm to 7pm

The main theme of this year's exhibition is in observance of the 50th year anniversary of the Cultural Revolution in China, which was a human rights catastrophe. The materials distributed this year will feature the European Parliament's 25th anniversary of the Sakharov Prize and its Laureates, and its efforts on human rights, equality, freedom, and democracy; etc.

Please let us know if you could attend or not, and if you need more detail, please contact us at: HCP0411WJS@aol.com or HCP@WeiJingSheng.org or call: 1-202-270-6980.

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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 its 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

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2016/newsletters2016-1/WJSFaward1602trophy-r-c-4.jpg

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Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A1029-W669

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1029-W669

Release Date: July 24, 2017

发布日：2017年7月24日

Topic: Invitation to Attend the Third "Human Rights Without Borders" Exhibition and the Third "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize Award Ceremony in the US Congress

标题：邀请公众参加在美国国会举办的第三届“人权无国界展”暨第三届“人权自由卫士奖”颁奖典礼

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

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邀请公众参加在美国国会举办的第三届“人权无国界展”暨第三届“人权自由卫士奖”颁奖典礼

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：2017年7月27日（周四），下午四时至六时

展览时间：2017年7月27日（周四）至7月28日（周五），上午十一点至下午七点

2017年7月27日，星期四，第三届“人权无国界展”暨第三届“人权自由卫士奖”颁奖典礼将在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）举行。

这些活动由魏京生基金会主办，由欧洲议会驻美国国会办公室、自由之家、记者无疆界、天问联合学会、全美学自联（全美中国学生学者自治联合会），及欧华导报联合举办。

本届魏京生基金会“人权自由卫士奖”将颁发给致力于改善世界尤其是中国人民的自由与人权的美国国会众议员克里斯托弗·史密斯(Christopher Smith)先生，感谢他数十年如一日的奉献和努力。多年致力于自由与人权进步的美国国会前议员弗兰克·沃尔夫（Frank Wolf）是第一届“人权自由卫士奖”的得主。第二届“人权自由卫士奖”的共同得主为美国众议院民主党领袖南希·佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)女士和鲍勃·伯恩斯坦(Robert Bernstein)先生。他们几十年来都为改善世界各地尤其是中国的人权和自由所做了奉献和努力。

届时将有美国国会议员及支持世界自由、人权和民主的个人及人权组织参加。全天的活动都将对公众开放。

展览开幕及颁奖在下午四点至晚上七时举行，同场举办有开胃菜和饮料的招待会。

今年展览的主题是纪念中国的文化大革命发生五十一周年。中国的文革是一场祸及全国的人权灾难。今年发行的资料将包括欧洲议会有关萨哈罗夫奖及其获奖者们的资料，及其推动人权、平等、自由和民主的努力和工作的介绍等。

愿意参加我们的活动并表达对民主和人权的支持的朋友，请通知我们你的参与计划。我们也欢迎您相关的意见与看法。

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关于魏京生基金会的“人权自由卫士奖”

设立“人权自由卫士奖”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对我们的支持。

“人权自由卫士奖”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“人权自由卫士奖”的奖品：

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2016/newsletters2016-1/WJSFaward1602trophy-r-c-4.jpg

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