Commemorate the 2nd Anniversary of Liu Xiaobo's Winning the Nobel Peace Prize

On October 9, 2012, the DC Branch of "Coalition for Citizens Rights", together with "Initiatives for China", held a rally outside the White House at the Lafayette Square Park, Washington DC to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of Dr. Liu Xiaobo being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
2012年10月9日，公民自由联盟华盛顿分部和公民力量组织联合在华盛顿DC的白宫外面举行了集会，纪念刘晓波博士获得诺贝尔和平奖两周年。

On October 8, 2010, the Nobel Committee in Norway announced that it awarded Dr. Liu Xiaobo, a dissident writer in China, the Nobel Peace Prize of the year. Dr. Liu Xiaobo was sentenced to 11 years in prison on the Christmas Day of 2009 on charges of "inciting to subvert state power" for writing an article named "Charter 08", calling for constitutional reform, freedom of speech, and government be elected by the people.
2010年10月8日，挪威的诺贝尔委员会宣布授予刘晓波博士当年的诺贝尔和平奖。刘晓波博士是中国的一名异议作家，因为写了一篇名叫“零八宪章“的文章，倡导中国的宪政改革，言论自由，政府民选，在2009年圣诞节以“煽动颠覆国家政权罪”被判处11年徒刑。

On December 10, 2010, an awarding ceremony was held in Oslo, Norway for the Nobel Peace Prize. However, Dr. Liu Xiaobo was not able to go there to receive the award himself, because he was then still serving his prison terms in China.
2010年12月10日，在挪威的奥斯陆举行了诺贝尔和平奖的颁奖仪式。可是，刘晓波博士不能参加颁奖仪式，因为当时他还在中国的监狱中服刑。

Right now, Dr. Liu Xiaob is still in prison in Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, China.
现在，刘晓波博士还在中国辽宁锦州监狱里服刑。

At the rally, Mr. Han Lianchao, vice president of "Initiatives for China",and Chairman Cao of "Coalition for Citizens Rights", read a list of political prisoners in China. A bell rang whenever a name was announced.
在集会上，“公民力量”副主席韩连潮和“公民自由联盟”曹主席共同宣读了中国的政治犯名单。每当念出一个名字，就有铃声响起，以提醒世人中国还有政治犯。

Members of "Coalition for Citizens Rights" gave speeches at the rally. Cui Chengfan said at the rally that Liu Xiaobo was only exercise his freedom of speech in writing "Charter 08", and expressing his political views, and it was unjustified to have him sentenced to 11 years in prison. Liu Xiuzhen, while being interviewed by the "Voice of America", said that we came here today to support Liu Xiaobo, and we wish that there would be more and more people standing up to support him.
公民自由联盟的成员们在集会上发言。崔成范说，刘晓波写“零八宪章”这篇文章，只是行使了他作为公民的言论自由的权利，他只不过是在表达自己的政治观点，把他判11年徒刑是不合理的。林秀珍在接受“美国之音”采访时说，我们今天来到这里就是为了支持刘晓波，希望有更多的人站出来支持他。

This rally was synchronized with another one in Budapest, Hungary in Europe in which Dr. Yang Jianli, President of "Initiatives for China", was the host and organizer.
这次集会是和欧洲匈牙利布达佩斯举行的另一场集会同步，那场集会由“公民力量”主席杨建利主持。
Members of "Coalition for Citizens Rights" attending today's rally include: Jiang Jiongri, Lin Xiuzhen, Jiang Hao, Jin Lianhua, Teng Yongqin, Lin Rong, Jiang Kaixiong, Jiang Jiantian, Zhu Benjian, Cui Chengfan, Dong Zhenghu, Ren Chengguang, Cao Jintao, Shen Xianglan, Jin Yingyu, Ming Jian, Li Yunu, Deng Huanhuan, Chen Jinfeng. Two members of China Democracy Party, Zhang Shouguang and Li Longling, also attended today's rally.
参加今天集会的公民自由联盟的成员有:姜炯日，林秀珍，金莲花，江浩，藤用钦，林榕，蒋开雄，江鉴天，金英玉，朱本俭，崔成范，董正虎，任成光，曹金陶，沈香兰，明键，李玉女，邓欢欢，陈晋峰。两名中国民主党党员，张寿光，李隆玲，也参加了今天的集会。