Press Communist Party of China to Improve Chinese Human-right
Author: Jun Wang
From Beijing Spring of edition January, 2008
2008 Olympic Game is a good chance to improve Chinese human-right, but the problem is how to utilize it to give the China’s government the necessary pressure.
The seminar of 2008 Olympic Game and Chinese Human-right was hold at Flushing of New York on July 3rd, 2007. I addressed as the delegate of China Democracy Party World Union (CDPWU) on the seminar. Many people who are against Beijing Olympic Game think Chinese human-right situation is not affirmative. As Chinese, we hope Beijing can hold Olympic, China can get a progress in any aspects and Chinese human-right situation can be changed. I believe that 2008 Beijing Olympic Game will make the world concentrate on China, and the international public voice will press China government to improve Chinese human-right situation.
China has promised to improve Chinese human-right situation when it got permission to hold Olympic Game. The International Amnesty Organization has been paying attention to Chinese human-right situation. For example, death penalty is obviously concerned with human-right. My opinion is to delete the death penalty in China. I am even against the death penalty to corrupt officials and state prisoners of Communist Party of China (CPC). We should treat them with civilized nations’ way. There are about 8,000 to 10,000 persons being sentenced to death every year in China. In fact nobody know the exact statistics. I think Chinese government should unfurl the information about death penalty and make the truth to the view. This is the right way to jury China and political civilization. Moreover, open and fair adjudge can make China respectable and be responsible in the world.
Kam, chairman of China and America Dialog Fund Organization, suggest China open the information about death penalty to foreign journalists while the journalists gather news in Beijing. We should make more and more people know what happen in China. I agree with him badly.
The report from International Amnesty Organization in London shows that Chinese human-right situation did not be better but worse, although Beijing Olympic Game is coming. Chinese government has made progress in death penalty reform and foreign journalists’ interview, but it hasn’t realized its promise of improving human-right for Olympics. Especially many emergences infringe human-right happened recently. For example, the police detain the prisoners without adjudge, internal media was controlled and the International Web was checked, etc.
International Amnesty Organization reports while it is building modern sport and traffic equipments and rebuilding living districts, Beijing infringes the human-right. Here’s an example. A Beijing resident was forced to move away for Olympics equipment. He protested and then was sentenced to jail for 4 years. Infringing human-right cases in China hasn’t been the news. In order to hold Olympics, in 2001 Chinese government ever promised International Olympic Committee to improve human-right situation and enlarge media’s freedom. International Amnesty Organization demand International Olympic Committee press Chinese government to improve human-right situation, especially topical discussion about Olympics. Chinese government hasn’t reply for this.
In order to press Chinese government, CDPWU has hold several rallies for demand Chinese government release human-right supporter Li, Guohong. For example, I led 80 members of CDPWU to hold protesting rally in front of China’s Consulate in New York at 11 A.M. of November 27th, 2007. I asked all CDPWU members to learn and greet democratic people in China. At the same time, I wake up all Chinese people to fight with CPC dictatorship. On November 13th, 2007, more than 60 CDPWU members attended the rally in front of White House, Capitol Hill and China’s Embassy to America on Washington D.C. to protest Chinese government arresting human-right supporter Li, Guohong and demand American government supporting CDPWU to set up a democratic China.
We worry about Li, Guohong and his families. We should give him economic help and console him. We will try our best to cause the international power to press Chinese government release Li, Guohong. If we don’t press Chinese government improve the human-right situation, Beijing Olympics may be a tool with which to persecute common people just like what American Democratic assemblyman Lantose said. We must prevent CPC from squashing human-right action during 2008 Olympics. We must prevent CPC from squashing Tibetan, Vigur and Taiwanese.
Li, Zhuming, chairman of Hong Kong Democracy Party, publish his article in Wall Street. The article demand American government press Chinese government to improve human-right situation. He reminded American President Bush not to forget the parole that Chinese government promised when China applied for Olympic Game.
We should and must stand up for Li, Zhuming and using Olympics to improve Chinese human-right situation. It is the eagerest thing for us to do now. Every human-right supporters overseas should do something for Chinese common people.
(the author is chairman of China Democracy Party World Union )
From Beijing Spring of edition January, 2008
向中共施壓 改善中國人權
作者：王軍
轉自《北京之春》2008年1月號
2008年北京奧運是改善中國人權的一個機會，問題是如何運用它來向中國政府施加必要的壓力。
2007年7月3日在紐約法拉盛華僑文教中心舉辦的“2008奧運與中國人權”研討會，我就代表中國民主黨世界同盟在研討會上做了發言。許多反對北京主辦奧運的人士，都以中國人權惡劣為由。站在華人角度，希望北京主辦奧運，希望中國在各個方面跟進，亦希望運用這個機會來促進人權發展。我認為，2008年北京奧運將會集中國際注意力，促使世界關注中國的人權狀況，而民運組織應運用國際輿論和壓力促使中國改善人權狀況。
中國在承接奧運主辦權時，曾經允諾將改善人權狀況，國際特赦組織也在持續關注其具體改善情況。例如，拿死刑議題來說，就與人權明顯相關。我個人是反對死刑的，我主張在中國廢除死刑。即使對待現在的共產黨貪官汙吏，和對待未來民主中國實現以後的共產黨政治犯，我也不主張實行死刑，而應該按照文明國家所遵循的方式來審理和處理。中國現在每年估計處決八千至一萬名死刑犯，但沒有人知道確切的真實數字，我認為中國政府應從公開死刑統計資訊做起，將真實情況透明化，這才是走向法治中國和政治文明的開始。此外，公開及公平審判，才能使得中國贏得“國際間負責且受尊重的角色”。
“中美對話基金會”的主席卡姆曾經提議，藉全世界記者齊聚北京採訪奧運的時機，應準備中國死刑執行的相關資料、列出死刑判決近例，將資料分派給各國記者，讓更多人明白發生在中國的實際狀況。我個人非常同意他的看法。
根據總部設在倫敦的人權組織“國際特赦”所發表的報告，隨著明年北京奧運會的臨近，中國壓迫人權的情況非但沒有改善，而且還越來越嚴重。儘管大陸在死刑改革和增加外國記者自由上已有進步，但其實中國為奧運改善人權的承諾，根本沒有落實。尤其是最近，中國發生了一連串侵犯人權的情形，包括員警得以未經審判羈押犯人、使用新手段控制國內媒體、審查互聯網資訊等等。
國際特赦組織的報告說，北京建設現代的運動和交通設施，及改建新社區的同時，卻侵犯了公民權，報告並以一個北京市居民因政府為了準備奧運，強制他搬遷，他抗議後卻入獄4年為例。報告中指出的中國侵犯人權的情況已經不算新聞，但情況不同的是，2001年時為了爭取主辦奧運，中國領導人承諾國際奧會成員，將因應奧運改善人權和媒體自由。因此，國際特赦組織要求國際奧會進一步對北京施壓，促使北京改善人權記錄，特別是和奧運有關的議題。 中共當局仍未對國際特赦組織報告作出回應。
為了向中共施加人權壓力，中國民主黨世界同盟數度舉行“強烈要求中共立即釋放維權人士李國宏”的集會。例如2007年11月27日上午11時，我率領八十多名成員來到中國駐紐約總領事館前舉行抗議活動。我要求所有的中國民主黨黨員，要向中國國內的民主鬥士學習！致敬！同時號召中國民眾勇敢地站立起來進行維權、抗爭，與中共專製作堅決的鬥爭。此前，六十多名中國民主黨世界同盟成員早在2007年11月13日就從紐約趕到華盛頓DC的中國駐美國大使館前、白宮前、國會大廈前舉行遊行和集會：強烈抗議中共政府抓捕維權人士李國宏；呼籲美國政府支持中國民主黨世界同盟為“結束一黨專制，建立民主中國”所作出的努力。
我們時刻牽掛著李國宏一家的安危，我們不僅從經濟上給予幫助，而且要從精神上給予安慰，要從行動上給予支援。我們將通過各種途徑繼續呼籲國際社會給中共政府施加壓力，迫使中共儘快釋放李國宏。如果我們不努力施加壓力，迫使中共改善人權，那麼正如美國民主黨籍資深眾議員藍托斯所說，北京奧運很可能成為迫害人權的工具。我們決不允許中共利用2008年奧運鎮壓人權！不允許中共利用象徵國際團結和友誼的奧運來進一步打壓西藏人、維吾爾族人和臺灣人！
香港民主黨主席李柱銘在10月17日的《華爾街日報》撰文要求美國在北京奧運向中共施壓改善人權。他提醒美國總統布希到北京出席奧運時，不要忘記中國大陸申辦奧運時曾許下改善國內人權的承諾，否則只會坐大中共極權統治的氣焰。
我們要挺身而出聲援李柱銘，運用奧運向中共施壓，迫使改善中國人權。這是我們的當務之急。海外每一位民運人士，請為中國百姓的人權努力奮鬥吧。
（作者為中國民主黨世界同盟主席）
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