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.

Liu Xiaobo

Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo

Chen Guangcheng

Chen Guangcheng
Chen Guangcheng

2014年5月6日星期二

反对中国政府不人道的一胎化政策

陈晋锋


自从中国政府30年前开始计划生育政策以来,在中国,每天都有惨剧发生。计划生育政策规定,每一对夫妻只能生一个孩子,并且生孩子还要得到政府的批准,要领到结婚证和准生证才能生育,即使是第一个孩子,没有准生证,干部就会抓女人去流产,以强制执行计划生育政策。如果没有政府的允许想生第二胎,那么,夫妻面临的就是强迫流产,结扎,工作被开除,房子被拔掉,还有巨额罚款。强制推行的计划生育政策在中国造成了多少人间悲剧,很多的妇女在强迫流产的手术过程中死去,导致家破人亡。

我们中国历史5000年,哪一个朝代都没有限制夫妻生孩子的权利,可是,到了我们现在的新中国,夫妻最基本的生孩子的权利都没有了,要政府批准才能生孩子,这实在是天下最荒唐的事情。本来,我们中国人就有养儿防老的传统,如果第一天是个女儿,那么,想生一个儿子延续香火,老有所养是很正常的事情,可是,中国政府既不给人民养老,又不让他们生儿子,实在是不人道。

中国政府不仅抓女人去做流产,还残酷迫害那些为那些女人主持正义打官司的律师,比如山东临沂的维权盲人律师陈光诚,他因为帮助那些被强迫流产的妇女打官司,结果被当地政府罗织罪名,以”妨碍交通罪”在2006年判处4年3个月的有期徒刑,在2010年他刑满释放后,还被软禁在家2年多,受到残酷迫害。这些都是属于严重侵犯人权的行为,必须停止。

我呼吁中国政府立即停止不人道的一胎化计划生育政策,归还人民生儿育女的权利,享受基本的人权。

沈哲男:纪念六四民主运动25周年



2014年的4月29日, 我和数十名中国公民自由联盟的成员一起,来到纽约曼哈顿42街道的中国领事馆前,纪念六四民主运动,悼念那些25年前在天安门广场上死难的学生,要求平反六四,实现民主自由,反对贪污腐败。

25年前,无数的学生走上了北京街头,要求民主自由,反对贪污腐败。他们的正义要求被中国政府镇压,在1989年的6月4日凌晨,在天安门广场上绝食抗议的学生遭到屠杀,几千名学生死在军队机关枪的扫射中,或者被前进的坦克压死。这就是震惊世界的天安门大屠杀。从那年起,每到6月4日,世界各地的人们都要举行纪念纪念集会,悼念那些天安门广场上为了争取民主自由而遇难的学生,要求中国政府平反六四。

六四民主运动已经过去25年了,可是,世界上的人民并没有忘记这个惨剧。我们今天来到中国领事馆,就是要纪念这场民主运动,悼念死难学生,提醒世人这样的事件永远也不要再发生。

2014年5月5日星期一

杜林泽:强烈谴责中国政府强行遣返北朝鲜难民



前几天,我和中国的家人通话,他们告诉我,我们家隔壁邻居两个星期前被当地的派出所警察抓走了,现在还没有放出来,原因是他和妻子窝藏了一名北朝鲜难民,被别人举报了,我家人还告诉我,那名可怜的北朝鲜难民一起被抓走,很快就被送回北朝鲜了。

我感到非常愤怒,因为那名北朝鲜难民回到自己的国家后,等待她的不是被枪毙,就是被送到深山老林里做苦工,被冻死饿死或病死。我对中国政府抓捕帮助北朝鲜难民的邻居表示极大的愤怒,要求中国政府立即将他们释放出来,停止将北韩难民送回去,让他们有条生路,让他们留在中国,不要被送回去饿死病死。

万文国:要求政府官员申报财产


这几年来,中国政府官员贪污腐化越来越严重。在10多年前,如果一个省部级干部贪污1百万元,就是非常大的贪官了,而现在,随便一个县级干部都可以贪污几千万以上,甚至上亿的金钱。中国政府,共产党每天都在喊反腐败,可是就是不敢让政府官员公布财产,因为如果每个政府官员把他们贪污的金钱数目都公布出来的话,政府马上就要倒台,因为在当今的中国,大官大贪,小官小贪,无官不贪,贪污的数额只是多少而已,不是有无的问题。除此之外,中国的政府官员也不敢公开他们的家属是不是已经移民国外,他们有多少房产,银行里有多少存款。

作为一个中国人,我在美国 生活已经有一段时间,亲眼目睹美国社会和人民如何监督政府官员的行为,即使是美国总统奥巴马,也要每年向社会公众公布他一年的收入是多少,交了多少的税,他的收入来源等,正是因为他和所有其他政府官员都要向社会公布财产,才从根源上杜绝了政府官员的贪污腐败行为。从人性的本质上来说,美国政府的官员并不比中国的好多少,但是,官员申报财产的法律使得那些有心想贪污的官员都没有可能,或者是没有胆量去贪污受贿。

我呼吁中国政府,立即通过官员财产申报的法律,让他们的收入置于人民的监督之下,使得他们再也不能,不敢贪污,这样才能建立起一个廉洁高效的政府,一个真正为人民服务的政府。

2014年4月29日星期二

Remember 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre

On April 29, 2014, "Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights", a human rights organization, held a rally across from the Chinese Consulate in New York to remember the 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre.


25 years ago, students in Beijing protested on the streets demanding an end to rampant corruption, and for freedom and democracy. The protests were violent crushed by the Chinese army on the early morning of June 4, 1989. Hundreds of students died from machine gun fire and marching tanks.


Since then, people around the world gather on this day every year to pay respect to the students killed in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, and ask the Chinese government to redress the Tiananmen issue, and provide state compensation to the families of killed students. However, their calls for justice have received no response from the Chinese government.


In New York, it has become a tradition that democracy and human rights activists gather in front of the Chinese Consulate in Manhattan to pay respect to the students killed in Tiananmen Square, and demand justice for the massacre.


"Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights" calls on the Chinese government to redress the Tiananmen issue, provide state compensation to victims' families, and restore honor to the students.

Members of "Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights" attending today's rally include: Zhang Qiuying, Jin Hai, Shen Zhenan, Xu Yingyu, Lu Aihua, Jin Guangzhu, Deng Huanhuan, Shen Xuehua, Jin Hualin, Jin Lianji, Cui Shenghu, Du Linze, Piao Wenxue, and Lin Shanshu.

2014年3月11日星期二

李长洙:我参加中国公民自由联盟的原因

来到美国好多年了,在美国生活的时间越长,越是热爱这里的生活,因为在这里我有自由,没有人对我说我应当做这个做那个,在这里,没有强迫拆迁,没有强迫流产,也不会有人因为公开批评政府就被抓起来坐牢。我可以按照自己的想法,用自己的勤劳的双手实现自己的梦想。

我在工作场合遇到很多中国人,他们和我一样,为了自由来到美国,虽然工作很辛苦,但是他们没有抱怨,因为在这里他们才能真正过上自由的生活。我经常和这些人交谈,问他们为什么来到美国,他们和我说,在中国没有机会挣钱,只能去打苦工,可是,每个月的收入也只能吃饱肚子,根本不能养家糊口,买不起房子,看不起病,小孩没钱上好学校。而哪些贪官污吏则将人民的血汗钱放进自己的口袋,包二奶,开豪车,吃山珍海味,还用贪污得来的钱将自己的老婆孩子送到国外过逍遥的生活。而在美国,人人都是平等的,只要不偷懒,每个人都有机会为自己创造美好的生活。

我经常想,我们中国人什么时候不用再偷渡美国,在自己的国家就能够过上自由幸福的生活呢?谁没有妻儿老小,谁没有亲戚朋友,有谁愿意离开家人,离开自己的故乡,冒着生命危险去一个陌生的国家去生活呢?我想,这需要靠我们自己,靠我们每一个人共同努力,让中国真正变成一个自由民主的国家,这个目标才能实现。

2014年3月7日星期五

"Cut Hair in Support of Liu Xia" Rally at Chinese Embassy in Washington DC


On March 6, 2014, "Chinese Coalition for Citizens Rights (CCCR)", a human rights organization based in America, jointly held a rally with Dr. Yang Jianli, chairman of "Initiatives for China", who is also honorary chairman of CCCR, at the Chinese Embassy on "Cut Hair in Support of Liu Xia" in Washington DC.


Liu Xia, the wife of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, has been under house arrest in Beijing since her husband was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. She was not allowed to communicate with her friends and supporters, and her health has been deteriorating. The Chinese government refused to let her go aboard for medical treatment. She has also been in great depression.


At the rally, Dr. Yang Jianli said that we Chinese citizens in America have to do something we can to help Liu Xia. Today, we come here to show our support by cutting off our hair, because Liu Xia is also shaved bald. We ask the Chinese government to let her receive medical treatment immediately and grant her right to work.


Before the rally, the Chinese Embassy had the US Secret Service monitor the proceedings of the rally. The police asked protestors to step away from the gate, regarded as the Chinese territory. The rally then moved to a small park directly across from the Embassy which is some steps away from the Gate.


A number of Liu Xia supporters shaved their heads bald at the rally, including some CCCR members. Numerous media, including "Voice of America", "Radio Free Asia", etc, covered the event.

CCCR members attending today's rally include: Jin Lianhua, Jin Chunri, Jin Yingji, Cui Shenghu, Piao Hulin, Piao Yingmei, Lin Shanshu, Luo Shimeng.