IFCSS Statement on the death of Mr. Yang Tianshui

The Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars in the USA (IFCSS) has learnt that Mr. Yang Tongyan (pen name “Yang Tianshui”) had passed away before November 7, 2017 at an unidentified place in Jiangsu, China.

Yang Tianshui was awarded 2006 IFCSS Freedom Spirit Award together with “the Three Gentlemen of Tiananmen” who are Yu Zhijian, Yu Dongyue and Lu Decheng.  Mr. Yang Tianshui died in detention of the Chinese communist Party just one month ahead fully serving his second political sentence of 12 years.  Before his death Mr. Yang Tianshui was denied persistent pleas from his family members for medical treatment outside the jail.

Yang Tianshui is the third IFCSS Freedom Spirit Award winner who died this year, following Yu Zhijian (2006’ winner, who died at Indianapolis, IN on March 30, 2017) and Dr. Xiaobo LIU (2009’ winner, who died in detention at Shenyang, China on July 13, 2017).

IFCSS pays special tribute to Mr. Yang Tianshui's dedication to the freedom of China and his sacrifice for China's democratic cause.   IFCSS condemns the Chinese communists for illegally sentencing Yang Tianshui and murdering him in jail.       

IFCSS mourns for the death of Mr. Yang Tianshui and pays condolence to Yang Tianshui's relative for the loss of their love one.

全美学自联关于理事陆文禾博士被中共拒绝回国奔父丧的声明

全美中国学生学者自治联合会惊悉，我会理事陆文禾博士的父亲陆元章教授今日在上海病逝，但陆文禾博士被中共国驻芝加哥领事馆拒发签证，以至无法回家略尽人子之道，事实上2012年陆文禾博士就曾被中共拒绝回国为其母蔡梅雪教授奔丧。2000年我会黄慈萍理事也曾被中共拒绝奔父丧，近年来亦屡有民主同仁遭遇类似事件，如黄翔、王军涛、熊焱等。以习近平为首的中共伪政权以亲情绑架海外华人，以亲丧惩罚政治反对，一手制造“忠孝不能两全”的人伦惨剧，直接戳穿所谓习近平以孝治国的虚伪面纱。

全美学自联同仁深切同情陆文禾博士及其家人遭遇的双重不幸，并强烈谴责中共暴政当局及其首脑的卑鄙怯懦和灭绝人性。学自联是在六四枪声中成立的中国留学生组织，二十八年如一日坚持纪念为追求自由民主而受难的仁人志士， 坚持为故国的苦难发声。在这个令人悲伤而愤慨的时刻，学自联与陆文禾理事同在，与我们不变的理想同在。

全美中国学生学者自治联合会

2017年8月28日

全美学自联关于支持高智晟揭露骗捐的声明

高智晟律师于2014年8月7日被中共当局从新疆沙雅监狱带离，但至今仍被软禁在陕北农村老家。2017年8月7日，高律师发表声明，称近日才获悉有一位所谓1989年学生领袖多年来借高家的名义骗取大额捐款，为避免善良的人们继续受到伤害而决意曝光此事，并恳请大家协助揭穿骗子。

全美学自联理事会已通过独立管道确认此声明来源，决定支持和声援高智晟的正当立场。

2017年8月13日

IFCSS Announcement on the Passing away of Mr. YuZhijian

The Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars in USA (IFCSS)  is saddened by the news of Mr. Yu ZHijian's passing away and would extend our condolence to his families.

Mr.  Yu Zhijian was among the three gentlemen from Hunan province of China who took heroic action to throw ink bottle to the portrait of Mao Zedong on the wall of Tiananmen Square in Beijing at the early stage of the June 4 democratic movement in May of 1989.  They expressed their anger to the despot in an open and straight forward manner and demonstrated unusual courage at the time.  They certainly took a lead of our time.

All three of them were penalized severely afterwards by the communist regime in China and their lives suffered right after that.  The Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars appreciates their contribution to the democratic movement of China and awarded all three of them the 2006 IFCSS Freedom Spirit Award to commend them for their unusual courage and sacrifice for the democratic cause of China. (http://ifcss.org/home/?m=200606 )

Mr. Yu Zhijian's example, together with other two gentlemen, has enlightened a generation of Chinese people in revealing the dark side of the communist regime in China.  His passing away reminds us that we the living will have to pass on his courage so that his sacrifice is not in vain.

IFCSS

03/31/2017

全美学自联将于2017年6月3日在中共驻美大使馆前主办"六四"纪念会及征集2017年度"自由精神奖"候选人提名的公告

全美学自联将于2017年6月3日在中共驻美大使馆前主办"六四"纪念会及征集2017年度"自由精神奖"候选人提名的公告

2017年3月12日，全美学自联理事会召开会议，全体7名理事参加。会议做出决议并确认，全美中国学生学者自治联合会将于2017年6月3日（星期六）在美国首都华盛顿中共驻美大使馆前连续第28年主办"六四"纪念会，以悼念在1989年民主运动中牺牲的人们。同时，全美学自联还将在纪念会上颁布2017年度全美学自联"自由精神奖"(Spirit of Freedom Award)，宣布获奖人并致颁奖辞。学自联特此公告并向社会各界征集候选人的提名。

  

全美学自联邀请社会各界人士参加这场"六四"纪念会，以表达我们的哀思，并希望中国早日实现人权和民主。(时间为2017年6月3日晚间19点半至21点半，中共驻美大使馆地址为: 3505 International Pl NW, Washington, DC 20008-3025。大使馆边上Van Ness St NW 路边有周末免费停车处，其北付费停车场。) 全美学自联欢迎有志之士参加，及支持中国民主自由的组织协办这次活动。

"自由精神奖"由全美学自联理事会2001年通过决议设立，其目的是颂扬和表彰中国公民不畏专制恐怖、蔑视极权强暴的道德勇气，和以鲜血和生命呼唤自由的精神。"自由精神奖"一向开放接受社会各界提名。被提名者和获奖人应身居中国。

自2001年首次颁发"自由精神奖"给罹患癌症、处于生命的末期，却袒露心声、公开退出中共的宋中秋先生以来，全美学自联每年都在其"六四"纪念会上宣布"自由精神奖"的获奖者。其中包括:

2006年授予1989民运中勇敢地涂污毛泽东像的"天安门三君子"；

2010年授予中国海外民运先驱却被中共判处无期徒刑的王炳章博士；

2011年授予"为怀有恐惧的弱势群体代言"的著名艺术家艾未未；

2012年授予1989年湖南邵阳工自联主席、后被当局重判13年徒刑的李旺阳，不幸的是李于2012年6月6日离奇被自杀；

2016年授予在狱中的民主人士郭飞雄、张海涛。

有关全美学自联"自由精神奖"详情及具体提名细节，请致电1(302) 312-6840查询。

欢迎社会各界积极参与提名。提名介绍请Email至：ifcss64@AOL.com或luwenhe99@gmail.com；或寄往：IFCSS, P.O. Box 15449, Washington, DC 20003。

提名截止日期为2017年5月12日。

全美中国学生学者自治联合会

全美学自联联络方式：

电话：(302) 312-6840 陆文禾博士

电子邮件：ifcss64@AOL.com及 luwenhe99@gmail.com陆文禾博士

地址：IFCSS c/o Ciping HUANG, P.O. Box 15449, Washington, DC 20003, USA

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The IFCSS Will Host the Commemoration of the June 4 Massacre in Front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC on June 3, 2017 and Calls for the 2017 Nomination of the "Spirit of Freedom Award"

  

On March 12, 2017, the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS) council held a meeting with participation by all its 7 council members.  At the meeting it was resolved and confirmed to hold the annual commemoration of the June 4 Massacre in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC, USA (address: 3505 International Pl NW, Washington, DC 20008-3025, USA) on Saturday, June 3, 2017.  This gathering will be the 28th consecutive yearly commemoration lead by the IFCSS in memory of the heroes and victims of the June 4 Massacre in the 1989 pro-democracy movement.  During the same event, the IFCSS shall reveal its 2017 annual "Spirit of Freedom Award" winner and give its award dedication.  Hereby, the IFCSS is calling for nominations for this year's candidates from the whole society.

The IFCSS invites everyone in the community to participate in our commemoration that will be held in the park in front of the Chinese embassy in Washington DC on the evening of June 3, 2017 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm.  We will express our grievance for the victims of the June 4 Massacre in 1989 and strive for the early realization of human rights and democracy in China. (The address of the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC is: 3505 International Pl NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA.  There is meter parking on the roadside of Van Ness by the embassy that is free during the weekend.  There is also a parking garage across Van Ness on the north side of the road.)  The IFCSS welcomes the public to participate and organizations that support democracy and freedom in China to co-sponsor our event.

The "Spirit of Freedom Award" was established by an IFCSS Council resolution in 2001.  It aims to recognize and celebrate Chinese citizens who are not afraid of authoritarian terror and contemptuous of totalitarian violence, who have the spirit to call for freedom with conscience, sacrificing even their lives.  The "Spirit of Freedom Award" has always been open to accept nominations from the whole community.  The nominees and winners should be residing in China.

Since the "Spirit of Freedom Award" was awarded for the first time in 2001 to Mr. Song Zhongqiu, who was at the end of his life with terminal cancer yet raised his voice and publicly announced quitting the Communist Party, the IFCSS has been announcing the awardees during its June 4 commemoration every year.  Other awardees include:

In 2006 to the 3 Gentlemen who challenged Mao Zedong without precedent, which was praised as "a magnificent feat of the 1989 pro-democracy movement";

In 2010 to Dr. Wang Bingzhang who as a pioneer had promoted the democracy movement from overseas for many years;

In 2011 to the famous artist Ai Weiwei who speaks for "the vulnerable groups with fear";

In 2012 to Mr. Li Wangyang, who was the chairman of the Shaoyang Independent Workers' Union of Hunan Province, and thus received a 13-year prison sentence and long time persecution of the Communist regime until his mysterious death;

    And last year in 2016, it was awarded to the outspoken writers and activists Mr. Guo Feixiong and Mr. Zhang Haitao, both of whom are still serving long sentences in the Communist jails in China.

Regarding the nomination and details of the IFCSS "Spirit of Freedom Award", please call Dr. Lu at 1(302) 312-6840.  The IFCSS welcomes the community to actively participate in the nomination.  Nominations may be e-mailed to: ifcss64@AOL.com and luwenhe99@gmail.com; or snail mailed to: Ciping Huang c/o IFCSS, PO Box 15449, Washington, DC 20003, USA.  The deadline for nominations is May 12, 2017.

IFCSS -- the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars, USA

Contact IFCSS:

Phone: (302) 312-6840 Dr. Wenhe LU

E-mail：ifcss64@AOL.com and luwenhe99@gmail.com

Mailing address：IFCSS c/o Ciping HUANG, P.O. Box 15449, Washington, DC 20003, USA