Who We Are

Coalition for Citizens Rights is an human rights organization dedicated to freedom of speech and press, and internet freedom, in China. This organization was founded in May 2008, and its former website, http://www.cfcr2008.org/, has been constantly under attack since its appearance in June 2008. Attackers have compromised this website in 2010 and placed malicious code on it. We warn that this website is not to be opened even if it is back to normal. This website, http://www.gongminziyoulianmeng.blogspot.com/, shall serve as official site of "Coalition for Citizens Rights".

Freedom for Liu Xiaobo and Chen Guangcheng

We call on the Chinese government to release Liu Xiaobo, the 2010 Nobel Laureate for peace prize who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009 for writing "Charter 08", an article calling for rule of law, freedom of speech and constitutional reform; and freedom for Chen Guangcheng, a blind human rights lawyer who served 4 years and 3 months in prison for providing legal assistance to victims of forced abortion and sterilization and has been placed under house arrest since his release from prison in 2011.

2012年12月18日星期二

"Remove the Great Firewall, Allow Freedom of Speech" Rally (停止网络封锁，实现言论自由）

Photography/Reporter: Gao Quanliang

摄影/报道：高全亮

On December 18, 2012, "Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights" held a rally at the United Nations Square in New York City in protest of the Great Firewall in China and called on the Chinese government to remove the Great Firewall, so as to allow freedom of speech.
2012年12月18日，中国公民自由联盟在纽约的联合国广场举行集会，抗议中国政府设置的网络防火墙，号召中国政府停止网络封锁，让人民享有言论自由。

The Chinese government built the "Great Firewall", or "Golden Shield", some 10 years ago, which cost Chinese taxpayers billions of US dollars. It bought technology from such American companies as Cisco, Yahoo!, etc to build this firewall. After this firewall was set up, Chinese people have not been able to access overseas pro-democracy and human rights websites, and such media such as Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, BBC, Radio France International, etc.
中国政府在大约10多年前建造了“长城防火墙”，也称“金盾工程”，花费了中国纳税人10多亿美元。它从美国的几个公司，比如思科公司，雅虎公司等购买了防火墙技术。在这个防火墙建成之后，中国的人民就再也不能登录海外的网站，尤其是宣传民主和自由的网站，还有比如美国之音，自由亚洲电台，英国广播公司，法国国际电台等媒体的网站。

The "Great Firewall" also censors netizens' posts on the internet. It lists thousands of "sensitive words" that prohibits Chinese people to search on, such as "1989 Tiananmen Square Democracy Movement", "Nobel Peace Prize", "Liu Xiaobo", and names of top Chinese leaders and their children who are implicated in corruption scandals， because it is afraid that people in China get to know the truth.
“长城防火墙”还审查网民在网上发布的帖子。它列出了数千个敏感词，禁止网民搜索，比如“六四运动”， “诺贝尔和平奖”， “刘晓波", 以及涉贪的中国国家领导人和他们子女的名字,因为它害怕中国人民了解到事情的真相。

Just a few months ago, the Chinese government blocked the websites of "bloomberg.com", a finance website, and "nytimes.com", the website of the New York Times, because they reported two top Chinese leaders and their families being implicated in corruption scandals.
就在几个月前，中国政府封锁了彭博财经网站，以及纽约时报网站，因为他们报道了中国国家领导人和他们的家属涉及贪腐的新闻。

"Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights" strongly calls for the Chinese government to respect freedom of speech and for the removal of the "Great Firewall"， so that people in China can freely express their opinions， and know the truth.
中国公民自由联盟强烈呼吁中国政府尊重言论自由，拆掉网络防火墙, 让中国人民可以自由地再网上发表自己的意见，以及了解事情的真相。

This rally was organized by Lin Feng, a former graduate student of law in China, who is also a member of "Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights".
这次活动由中国公民自由联盟成员林峰组织，他原是中国一所大学的法律研究生。

A number of people spoke at the rally in protest of the Great Firewall, including Gao Quanliang, Lin Feng, Piao Yingmei, Zheng Jinghua, etc.
数名成员在集会上发表讲话，谴责网络防火墙。

Members "Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights" attending today's rally include: Lin Feng, Guo Qing, Li Ruiying, Zhang Tiejun, Shen Xuehua, Cao Jintao, Jin Hualin, Piao Guishu, Wei Jian, Jiang Kaixiong, Gao Quanliang, Luo Shimeng, Zhao Dezi, Ming Jian, Piao Yingmei, Lin Rong, Jiang Jiongri, Chen Jinde, Xu Zhejun, Zheng Jinghua, Piao Xiangshun, Jin Guangzhu, Ren Chengguang.
参加今天集会的公民自由联盟成员有：林峰，郭清，李瑞英，张铁军，申雪花，曹金陶，金花林，朴桂淑，魏坚，蒋开雄，高全亮，罗士猛，赵德子，明键，朴樱梅，林榕，姜炯日，陈晋德，许哲俊，郑京华，朴享顺，金光洙，任成光。

2012年12月14日星期五

10月9日华盛顿活动视频

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxOI0J7jl_o

2012年12月7日星期五

白宫敦促中国立刻释放刘晓波

来源：美国之音

    12月10号国际人权日的前夕，美国白宫不寻常地呼吁中国政府立刻释放诺贝尔和平奖得主、著名异见作家刘晓波。

    12月4号，134名诺贝尔奖得主联署致函即将接掌中国国家主席的习近平，呼吁北京政府立刻释放2010年诺贝尔和平奖得主刘晓波，并且解除对他妻子刘霞的软禁。

    美国白宫12月6号表示，美国总统奥巴马的名字虽然没有在这封联署信上，但是美国对于人权问题的立场非常清楚。奥巴马政府在与中国高级官员的会谈当中，经常提起刘晓波的案子，美国一再敦促中国当局立刻释放刘晓波，并且保护刘晓波与妻子刘霞行使自由的权利，履行中国对国际人权规范的承诺。美国对于中国日渐恶化的人权状况仍然感到担忧，中国政府继续逮捕、判刑、强迫失踪、法外拘留人权活动人士。美国将继续敦促中国，尊重并且履行国际社会所承认的实施多年的人权与基本自由。

*克林顿：继续推动人权为核心价值的外交政策*

    白宫的声明相当不寻常。而在国际人权日的前夕，高级美国官员也在不同场合发表人权问题相关谈话。美国国务卿克林顿6号在爱尔兰表示，希望各国对人权的尊重能够成为人类现实。她说，美国将继续推动以人权为核心价值的外交政策。

    联合国在1948年12月10日通过了“世界人权宣言”，并且把每年的12月10日，定为国际人权日。

2012年12月4日星期二

Remember 64th Anniversary of World's Human Rights Day (纪念世界人权日64周年）

Photography: Piao Yingmei 摄影：朴樱梅

Reporting: Xu Yishu 报道：许逸舒

On December 4, 2012, "Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights" held a rally across from the Chinese Consulate General in New York to remember the 64th World's Human Rights Day.
2012年12月4日，中国公民自由联盟在纽约的中领馆前举行集会，纪念世界人权日64周年。

On December 10, 1948, At the United Nations Convention, the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights"　was passed. In this document, the following is the most important article:

Article 19.

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

1948年12月10日，联合国大会上通过了“世界人权宣言“，这一天被定为世界人权日。在这个联合国文件中，最重要的条款是第19条，规定，任何人都有表达意见的自由；这种自由包括不受他人干涉，并在任何的媒体上表达自己意见的自由。

China was one of the signatories to this historical document. However, on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the World Human Rights Day, in 2008, the Chinese government arrested Dr. Liu Xiaobo, a writer in Beijing, for his role in drafting the "Charter 08", a document calling for rule of law, constitutional democracy, and freedom of speech, on charges of "inciting to subvert state power".
中国是世界人权宣言的签署国之一。可是，在世界人权日60周年的前夕，在2008年，中国政府以煽动颠覆国家政权罪逮捕了北京的作家刘晓波，因为他主持起草了”零八宪章“，号召依法治国，宪政民主，言论自由。

On the Christmas Day of 2009, Dr. Liu Xiaobo was sentenced to 11 years in prison on the same charges for writing this article.
2009年圣诞节，刘晓波博士被以同样的罪名被判处11年有期徒刑。

On December 10, 2010, the 62nd anniversary of World Human Rights Day, the Nobel Committee awarded Dr. Liu Xiaobo the Nobel Peace Prize for his outstanding contribution to China's peaceful transition to a democracy. However, Dr. Liu Xiaobo was not able to go there to receive the award, because he was still serving his prison terms in China.
2010年12月10日，在世界人权日的62周年这一天，诺贝尔委员会将当年的诺贝尔和平奖颁发给了刘晓波博士，以表彰他在中国民主转型过程中所做出的杰出贡献。可是，刘晓波博士不能去领奖，因为他当时还在中国的监狱中服刑。

Today, Dr. Liu Xiaobo is still in Chinese prison. 今天，刘晓波博士还在中国的监狱中。

"Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights" calls on the Chinese government to release Dr. Liu Xiaobo immediately, and to return freedom of speech to all the people in China.
中国公民自由联盟呼吁中国政府立即释放刘晓波博士，将言论自由归还给所有的中国公民。

At the rally, Lin Feng, Piao Yingmei, Zheng Jinghua, Xu Yishu, etc., made speeches in support of Dr. Liu Xiaobo.
在集会上，林峰，朴樱梅，郑京华，许逸舒等发表讲话，支持刘晓波。

Members of "Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights" attending today's rally include: Zheng Jinghua, Lin Feng, Ge Yaowei, Jiang Kaixiong, Piao Yingmei, Jiang Jiongri, Xiong Liangfeng, Shen Xuehua, Jin Hualin, Jin Lianji, Cao Jintao, Lu Mingyu, Xu Yishu.
今天参加的成员有：郑京华，林峰，葛耀伟，蒋开雄，朴樱梅，江炯日，熊良丰，申雪花，金花林，金连姬，曹金陶，卢明宇，许逸舒。

2012年12月2日星期日

葛耀伟：请你勇敢的站起来

                                              （一）悲剧为什么一再发生

        有的时候，我们实在无法理解，在南京大屠杀期间，为什么那么多中国人自觉且安静地服从着敌人的屠杀，我的有的时候也实在无法理解，在57年反右期间，除了少数人发生反抗之外，多数人选择了服从，选择了沉默，我们更无法理解在三年人祸期间，那么多农民甘愿呆在自己的家里饿死，甘愿吃人肉，也不肯走出去抗争。然而，他虽然站着，其实他的内心依然跪着，因为他已经甘于做奴隶了。
        有领导人曾经这样感叹道：中国人民是世界上最好的人民，对那些冤屈而死的先人们，不知道这是赞扬，还是贬斥。
        之所以出现这样的问题，是因为，长期的独裁统治，人民在威权的镇压下，第一求自保，第二还是求自保。除了自保之外，他们还是i自保，因此他们的心中不乏怜悯和善良，但是他们选择了沉默，即使是主子换了，但是他们的做奴隶的习惯还没有换，甚至有一天没有主子来威压他们，他们甚至都不习惯！
        沉默、曾经是他们的主人许给他们的安全，只要你沉默，你便做稳了奴隶！于是，我们的奴隶祖先学会了用眼睛说话。
        一代又一代的奴隶基因，在这个民族的血管中沉淀，然后形成斑块、堵塞、偏瘫、尽管他们的身躯高大魁梧，尽管他们仪容壮观。
        面对邻居的困难，冷漠的旁观：面对自己的不公，苦苦的哀怨：面对别人的悲惨，甚至当做笑谈。然而，悲剧的命运，不会有因为你的沉默，不会因为你的冷淡而不再降临。
        请别逃避，那贵州的枪声，那盘锦的枪声，那温县的枪声，下一次就可能在你的身上出现！请别侥幸，下一次贪官就可能站在你的面前！
        做奴隶的命运，永远也不会掌握在奴隶手里！
        坐稳了是奴隶，坐不稳，你依然是奴隶！因为你一直跪着！

                                                （二）站起来，我们才能获得做人的尊严

        请站起来，虽然慢，但是只要你坚持，站起来，抖去厚厚的奴隶的屈辱，在阳光下，你大声地呼唤，我站起来了！那一定会响彻宇宙，撼动人间！
        我们的肉体不可奴役，我们的灵魂更不可奴役！我们是我们自己的，我们有权力选择我们的生活方式，我们有权力选择我们的思维方式，我们有权力选择一切人应有的权利！
        富贵不能淫，威武不能屈，贫贱不能移，这的确是去除奴隶枷锁的利器，这的确是争取人权的武器，这的确是争取公平正义的最佳手段！
        不公平，不正义，非正义，哪怕离我们千里万里，我们也要抗议！
        一个伟大的先贤曾经说过，面对丑恶势力，你可以用手去反对；如果你无法用手去反对，那么请你用口来反对；如果你无法用口来反对，那么用你的心去憎恶他们吧！
        我们无法要求所有人牺牲自己的利益，但是我们可以要求自己，不让丑恶毒化我们的灵魂!
        我们用自己的行动告诉中国人民，只有站起来，你们才是人！
        我们用自己的行动告诉中国人民，不是自己的事才重要，所有不公平非正义的事情，都是我们的事情！今天我们如果只是围观，那么我们明天就可能被围观！
        任何贪污行为，都与我们有关，因为i他们贪污的每一分钱，都是我们的血汗；任何丑恶的行为都与我们有关，因为他们伤害的每一个人，都是我们的兄弟姐妹！
        今天你不帮助他们伸张正义，明天就得不到正义的帮助！
        今天你不勇敢的同丑恶行为作斗争，明天就可能被丑恶行为伤害！
        站起来，请勇敢的站起来，请大声的对一切非公平，非正义，一起说：不！

2012年11月27日星期二

王汝华：为什么我反对中国的一胎化政策

在我们中国，每一对夫妻只能生一个孩子，这就是中国的计划生育政策。中国是人口很多，计划生育也应当搞，可是，不能用强迫流产的方式来执行计划生育政策，因为这侵犯了老百姓生孩子的权利。我在中国是属于农村户口，政府不给我们养老保险，医疗保险，我们年级大了，不能工作了，只能靠自己的孩子来养老，多一个孩子就多一份保险，可是，中国政府就是不让我们生，结果是，我们只有一个孩子，虽然是个儿子，可是他长大了要结婚，要有自己的家庭，要有自己的孩子，他自己的负担就会很重，怎么有能力来养自己的父母呢？如果我们有几个儿子，那么，在我们年级大了的时候，每个儿子每个月给我们一点钱，我们就可以维持生活了，现在，我们只有一个儿子，政府又不给我们养老金，医疗保险，我们年纪大了，难道去要饭吗？
所以，我强烈反对中国的一胎化政策，要求停止用强迫的手段，尤其是强迫流产等方式来执行计划生育政策，让每个人都能够按照自己的想法来选择生几个孩子。

2012年11月26日星期一

申雪花：释放刘晓波

刘晓波是中国的一名作家，因为写了一篇文章，“零八宪章”，结果在2008年被拘留，在2009年圣诞节，12月25日，被判处11年有期徒刑。在2010年，刘晓波获得了诺贝尔和平奖。可是，刘晓波不能够出席当年12月份在挪威举办的诺贝尔奖颁奖典礼，因为当时他还在中国的监狱中服刑。我要求中国政府立即释放刘晓波。

刘晓波写的这篇文章，大概内容是要求言论自由，宪政改革，依法治国，政府由人民选举。者是一个中国公民对中国政治制度的探讨，他不过是发表了自己的观点，是他的言论自由的权利。言论自由不仅包括赞美政府的自由，也包括批评政府，发表自己观点的自由。如果每个人都只有赞美政府的自由，那么，实际上他没有自由。

刘晓波被关在监狱中快4年了。我呼吁所有的中国人都站出来，为他获得自由而努力，因为，如果我们今天不去关心他，那么，当我们被抓被关的时候，也就没有人来关心我们了。

2012年11月20日星期二

许逸舒：释放李必丰

2012年12月20日上午，我们“中国公民自由联盟”在联合广场举行集会。集会上我们对中国法院判处李必丰先生12年徒刑表示强烈的不满。曹主席告诉我们，李必丰是以“合同诈骗”罪名被判处的，而事实上，他是一名异议人士，因为帮助作家廖亦武出逃德国而被中国政府所迫害。曹主席更告诉我们，中国在十八大之后网络自由，言论自由的形式会更加严峻。我想以后会有更多像刘晓波，李必丰，曹海波一样的政治犯。从李必丰的案子，我们看到中国的人权状况在不断恶化。尽管中国的宪法规定，每个中国公民都享有言论自由，但在现实中，这种自由被剥夺了。我要求中国政府立即释放李必丰，还中国人民应有的权利。

Protest 12-Year Prison Sentence for Li Bifeng 抗议判处李必丰12年重刑

RFA Home > News > China

Poet Jailed For 12 Years

2012-11-19

Chinese rights activists say the jailing is part of Beijing's strategy to pin down activists on fabricated "economic crimes."

Photo courtesy of Li Bifeng's family.

An undated photo of Li Bifeng.

A court in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan on Monday handed a 12-year jail term to dissident poet Li Bifeng for "contract fraud," his relatives and lawyer said.

Aside from the imprisonment, Li Bifeng, 48, was imposed a fine of a 30,000 yuan (U.S.$4,800) by the Shehong County People's Court in a trial that lasted just over one hour, his lawyer Ma Xiaopeng said.

"He wouldn't let his family come to the trial because he had a feeling that this would be the result," Ma said, adding that some of Li's friends had attended the hearing as spectators. "I had expected a sentence of 15 years, so at least it's somewhat lighter," he said.

But he rejected the charges against Li. "Whatever the sentence, it's still unacceptable," Ma said. "[Li's actions] in no way add up to a crime."

"There was nothing in his affairs that had anything to do with contracts," he said. "The only contracts he had signed had long since expired."

'Disappointed'

Ma, who visited Li shortly after the sentence was handed down, said he was "disappointed" with the sentence, but thought an appeal might be a waste of time.

"He said he would think about it for a couple of days, but my feeling was that he probably didn't want to appeal, because he thought it wouldn't do much good."

"He said it would be better to use the next 12 years to produce some serious writing."

Li's wife Jiang Xia, who was unable to attend the trial, said the court had not yet informed the family of the sentence.

"I was very surprised, because I thought the only thing for them to do today would be to release him," she said. "Our son is 17 years old this year, and he cried when he heard the news."

Jiang said she hoped Li would decide to appeal, because the charges weren't straightforward.

"This is totally unacceptable, because the charges of contract fraud simply don't stand up," she said. "I think there must be some other factors involved here."

'Evil'

Germany-based exile author Liao Yiwu, who is a close friend of Li's, said the sentence was "evil."

Sichuan-based rights activist Huang Qi, who founded the Tianwang rights website, said China's crackdown on dissent was continuing unabated, even after the leadership transition at last week's 18th Party Congress.

"The authorities haven't let up their crackdown on dissidents in many long years," Huang said. "Now, because of concerns about China's human rights image overseas, they are taking measures to dress it up as something else."

"The use of 'contract fraud' as a charge to deal with Li Bifeng is quite ridiculous, because there weren't even any victims," he said. "We strongly condemn this sentence."

Li was detained in September 2011 after being asked to report to a police station in Sichuan's Mianyang city about his "economic problems."

Chinese rights activists say it is an increasingly common practice by the authorities to fabricate various "economic crimes" as a way of keeping a lid on dissent.

Prominent Chinese artist and social critic Ai Weiwei was detained in June 2011 and was released almost three months later, before being fined for "tax evasion," a charge he maintains was politically motivated.

Clampdown

Rights groups believe Li was held as part of a wider clampdown on activists following online calls in February for a "Jasmine" revolution inspired by uprisings in the Middle East.

Li is a prominent Sichuan poet and rights activist served five years in prison for his involvement in the 1989 pro-democracy movement, followed by a seven-year jail term in 1998 for reporting on a workers’
protest in Mianyang.

Reported by Grace Kei Lai-see for RFA's Cantonese service, and by Qiao Long for the Mandarin service. Translated and written in English by Luisetta Mudie.