CCCR Seminar on "Rights Movement in China" (公民自由联盟“公民权利运动学习会”）

On October 22, 2013, Xue Wei, chairman of "Chinese Alliance for Democracy", who is also political adviser to "Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights", hosted a seminar at the "Beijing Spring" editorial office on the "Rights Movement in China".

Mr. Xue Wei first briefed members of "Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights" on the democracy conference that was just held in Toronto, Canada. He said more than 150 people attended this conference, and more than half of the attendees were foreigners. This shows that more and more people from the international world are getting concerned about the democracy process in China.

Mr. Xue Wei said that right now more and more people in China have got ridden of their fears and have stood up fighting for their own rights, as witnessed by citizens in Beijing and other cities in China who publicly called for reporting of government officials private assets, and people who petitioned to the government for their lost land and private houses torn down by the government.

Mr. Xue Wei encouraged members of "Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights" to pay more attention to the ongoing rights movement in China, and do everything they can to help those petitioners, and to fight for freedom of speech in China.

Members of "Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights" attending today's seminar include: Cui Shenghu, Piao Hulin, Jin Tiezhen, Jin Xiuluo, Li Chenghao, Li Lin, Ming Jian, Cui Chunhua, Piao Yuanhui, Ju Yuzi, Xu Zhejun, Zheng Jinhua, Shen Wenlie, Zhao Meiling.

3rd Anniversary of Nobel Peace Prize for Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波获诺贝尔和平奖三周年）

On October 8, 2013, "Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights" held a rally at the Chinese Consulate in New York in commemoration of the 3rd anniversary of Liu Xiaobo being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Dr. Liu Xiaobo, a writer in Beijing, China, was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009 for writing an article calling for rule of law, freedom of speech, and constitutional reform in China. He was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize announced by the Nobel Committee in Norway on October 8, 2010 for his outstanding contribution to China's peaceful transition to a democratic country.

Right now, Dr. Liu Xiaobo is still serving his prison terms in Jinzhou Prison, Liaoning Province, China.

"Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights", a Chinese human rights organization based in America, calls on the Chinese government to release Liu Xiaobo and all those who are imprisoned for their political views, and return freedom of speech to all Chinese citizens.

Members of Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights attending today's rally include: Zhu Benjian, Cui Yuhua, Li Jingshun, Piao Chunzi, Li Yufu, Jiang Yin, Zheng Jinhua, Cui Shenghu, Jin Changxie, Jiang Kaixiong, Xu Yingyu, Cui Chunhua, Ju Yuzi, Piao Xuefan, Jin Yuzi, Jin Xiuluo, Chen Baoqun, Jin Hualin, Wei Jian.