67th Anniversary of f"Universal Declaration of Human Rights"

On Dec 10, 2015, "Chinese Alliance for Democracy", a U.S. based Chinese human rights organization, held a rally across from the Chinese Consulate General in New York City to remember the 67th anniversary of "Universal Declaration of Human Rights", calling on the Chinese government to release Liu Xiaobo, author of "Charter 08", a manifesto calling for rule of law, human rights, and freedom of speech in China.

Liu Xiaobo, a Christian, was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Christmas Day, Dec 25, 2009, on charges of subversion of state power for writing this article. The next year, in 2010, the Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo in recognition of his great contribution to China's peaceful transition to a democracy. However, Liu Xiaobo was not able to go to Norway to attend the award ceremony on Dec 10, 2010, the 62nd anniversary of "Universal Declaration of Human Rights", because he was then serving his prison terms in China.

"Chinese Alliance for Democracy" calls for the Chinese government to release Liu Xiaobo and all the other political prisoners in China, and return freedom of speech to all the Chinese citizens.

Members of "Chinese Alliance for Democracy" attending today's rally include: Li Ming, Lu Aihua, Geun chun Park, Cui Yingji, Piao Gengchang, Xuan Hua, Ma Meihong, Xuan Yingyu, Shen Xuehua, Piao Yingmei, Jin Hai, and Wei Jian.

"Father and Daughter in Red China's Gulag" Book Release

On Oct 6, 2015, Ms. Qi Jiazhen, a Chinese writer exiling in Australia, held a book release in Flushing, New York for her new book, "Father and Daughter in Red China's Gulag".

Members of "Chinese Alliance for Democracy" attended this meeting and learned a lot about what happened during the Communist rule in China after 1949.

Ms. Qi was sentenced to 13 years in prison when she was 20 years old, and the only reason for her imprisonment was she wanted to go abroad to study. In the 80's, she left China and went to Australia, and took various jobs, and kept writing about her father and her family, who suffered miserably under the Communist rule in China. 

"Chinese Alliance for Democracy", New York Chapter, attended this meeting and members expressed their deep sympathy for Ms. Qi. 

Members of "Chinese Alliance for Democracy", New York Chapter, attending today's meeting include: Cui Yingji (崔英姬），Geun Chan Park, Shen Zhelong （申哲龙），Piao Yingmei (朴英美），Liu Jingnan (柳京男），Jin Hai （金海），Jin Jinghua （金京花），Han Zhongguo （韩中国），Zheng Xinling （郑心龄），Xu Zhejun （许哲俊）。

Protest Chinese President's Visit to the United States in Washington DC

On Sept 25, a number of members of "Chinese Alliance for Democracy" went to Washington DC and attended protest of Chinese president Xi Jinping's visit to the United States, demanding the Chinese government to release all political prisoners and human rights lawyers, and return grabbed properties to the petitioners.
The following is a group of pictures of scene of protest.

These members include: Jin Shanyu (金姗玉）, Ren Chengguang（任成光）, Jiang Jiongri（姜炯日）, Jin Zhebin（金哲彬）, Jin Lianhua（金莲花）.

Protest Forced Eviction and Land Grabs in China

On Sept 8, 2015, "Chinese Alliance for Democracy", New York Chapter, held a meeting and protest at the Chinese Consulate over Chinese government's forced eviction and land grabs.

Ma Yongtian, a petitioner from Changchun, China, had her factory forcibly demolished by the local government and although she won a lawsuit against the government, she was not able to get any compensation for her demolished factory. She petitioned to governments of various levels in China and nobody paid any attention. She was thrown into prison a number of times and tortured from 2005 to 2012. In 2013, she managed to come to the United States and has been protesting at the United Nations and Chinese Embassy in Washington DC, demanding her factory back.

Members of "Chinese Alliance for Democracy" spoke out at the meeting and the protest in support of Ma Yongtian, and urge the Chinese government to return the looted properties to their owners.

Members of "Chinese Alliance for Democracy" attending today's event include: Piao Yingmei, Jin Hualin, Zheng Mudan, Zheng Songlian, Piao Honghua, Lin Yingyu, Shen Zhenfu, Jin Hai, Piao Ri, Yu Jie, Zhao Encheng, Zheng Zhengjun, Xu Zhejun, Zhao Jianyou, Li Ming, Ren Chengguang, Li Hua, Jiang Jiongri, Ju Yuzi.

CAD Chairman Xue Wei Briefs on "China Road" International Conference

On August 11, 2015, Chinese Alliance for Democracy held a meeting at its office in Flushing, New York on the "China Road" Conference to be held in Holland in August 2015.

Mr. Xue Wei, chairman of Chinese Alliance for Democracy, briefed members of CAD on the convening of the meeting and he said that people attending this conference come from all around the world, including Europe, Australia, Japan, the United States, etc, who are all prestigious figures in China's democracy movement.

Mr. Xue Wei said that this conference shall focus on the future of China, especially the road to democratization. He is also preparing for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution in China.
Members of the CAD attending this meeting include: Huang Jinghua, Zhao Chunping, Piao Yingmei, Ju Yuzi, Xuan Yingyu.

Meeting with Speaker of Tibetan Parliament in Exile

At the invitation of Dr. Yang Jianli, founder and president of "Citizen Power for China", a human rights organization, on July 24, 2015, members of "Chinese Alliance for Democracy", NYC Chapter, attended a meeting in Washington DC with Mr. Penpa Tsering, speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile, and gained first hand knowledge about the democratic political system that the exiling Tibetans established in India.

Dr. Yang Jianli hosted the meeting and introduced to people attending the meeting about Mr. Penpa Tsering, who announced at the meeting that he will run for the position of prime minister of the exiling Tibetan government in August 2015.

Members of "Chinese Alliance for Democracy" expressed their interest in getting to know more about the experiment of a democratic political system by the exiling Tibetans, and wished that they could have more opportunities to interact with the Tibetans about the issue.

Those members of "Chinese Alliance for Democracy" attending today's meeting include: Liu Jingnan, Jin Lianhua, and Piao Yingmei.

Free Human Rights Lawyers

"Chinese Alliance for Democracy", a pro-democracy organization based in America, hosted a forum at its NYC Chapter office in Flushing, New York on July 14, 2015. CAD Chairman for the NYC Chapter Xue Wei hosted the forum and gave an important speech at the meeting.

On July 10, 2015, there was a concerted campaign throughout China in which more than 200 human rights lawyers and activists were detained or arrested. It is a part of the Chinese government's effort to crack down on civil rights movement, which has been rising and posing a threat to the Communist Chinese government's dictatorship rule in China.

At the forum, Xue Wei condemned the Chinese government for its crackdown of human rights lawyers and NGO organizations in China and demanded the Chinese government to immediately release all those lawyers detained or arrested in July 2015.

In fact, immediately after this new round of arrests in China, the U.S. Department of State released a statement on its website protesting Chinese government's crackdown. However, the Chinese government responded that the statement of the U.S. government was just hostile noises and can be ignored just like a gum stuck to the shoe bottom.

Members of the CAD, NYC Chapter gave speeches at the forum in protest of Chinese government's arrest of human rights lawyers, demanding their immediate release.

After the meeting, CAD members went to the Chinese Consulate in Manhattan, New York and held a protest, demanding the Chinese government to have all the human rights lawyers released immediately.

CAD members attending today's event include: Shen Xuehua, Jin Hualin, Piao Yingmei, Piao Chunzi, Wei Jian, Xu Zhejun, Huang Donghui, Huang Jinghua, Zhao Chunping, Jiang Jiongri, Li Renshun, Liu Jingnan, Ren Chengguang.
Xu Zhejun and Huang Jinghua gave speeches at the protest.

Chinese Alliance for Democracy NYC Chapter