YCCDP: A special statement on the International Day of Human Rights

YCCDP:A special statement on the International Day of

Human Rights

   Today (10 December) is International Human Rights Day.  Youth Council of China Democracy Party (YCCDP) celebrates International Human Rights Day with organizations committing to promote human rights around the world and the global public. On 10 December 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone event in the development of human history. For over half a century, we are delighted to see the tremendous progress of the human rights cause worldwide. But at the same time we still find that many of the world's general public are still encountering barying degrees of human rights violations including the 1.3 billion citizens of China. As an organization dedicated to promoting democratic transformation and social progress in China, the YCCDP  will issue a statement on International Human Rights Day as follows:

  1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights are known as the International Bill of Human Rights, and the Chinese Government has formally signed the three covenants. However, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights has been put on the shelf after the signature of Qin Huasun, the Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations on 5 October 1998, and has not been brought to the consideration of the National People's Congress. The YCDP will require the NPC and its Standing Committee to consider and adopt the Covenant unconditionally. As a world power, China should not become a gnome and disgrace country in the cause of human rights.

   2. YCCDP once again strongly called on the Chinese government to open up the ban on the media and party, to realize freedom of the press and expression, including freedom of association and freedom of the Internet, and to promote judicial independence and nationalization of the armed forces. We think that China's democratic transformation is not only beneficial to the country and the cause of progress, but also the most powful protection of the real implementation of China's 1.3 billion civil rights and political rights.

   3. YCCDP require the Chinese government to immediately and unconditionally release the Chinese Democratic Party member Qin Yongmin, Chen Shuqing, Lv Gengsong and other colleagues. The stability and development of any country requires the existence and restriction of the political opposition party. The CCP's suppression and persecution of the Chinese Democratic Party will fail. The CCP will one day lose its power because of the loss of people's support ,so the open party ban is of no delay.

   4. YCCDP demand the immediate and unconditional release of political dissidents such as Liu Xiaobo and llham Toxti, as well as Wu Gan,  Jiang Tianyong, Xie Yang and Li Heping, all detained human rights lawyers and rights activists.It is a shame for a country to catch the speaker. A country that has lost its freedom of speech can not become a responsible country. Freedom of expression is a basic right of every modern citizen.

   5.The right to vote and to be elected is very important to every citizen. YCCDP demand that the Chinese government immediately and unconditionally stop the suppression of independent candidates for deputies at all levels of the NPC. Participation in politics is not a minority right. The 1.3 billion Chinese citizens have the right to participate in politics, every citizen should have their own votes, can choose their own representatives of public opinion, can choose their own government officials. The legitimacy of the future Chinese government must come from 1.3 billion Chinese citizens vote.

Youth Council of China Democracy Party
Chinese Youth Students and Scholars Association

Issued by: Weiping Qin( the President)

12/10/2016

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         中青会在国际人权日的特别声明

今天（12月10日）是国际人权日，中青会和世界各国致力于推动人权事业发展的组织及全球公众一起庆祝国际人权日，1948年12月10日，联合国通过了《世界人权宣言》，这是人类历史发展的里程碑式的事件，半个多世纪以来，我们欣喜的看到世界范围内人权事业的巨大进步，但同时我们依然发现包括中国十三亿公民在内的全球许多普通公众依然遭遇着不同程度的人权侵害，作为致力于推动中国民主转型和社会进步的组织，中青会在国际人权日发表声明如下：

1. 《世界人权宣言》与《经济社会与文化权利公约》及《公民权利与政治权利国际公约》并称为国际人权宪章，中国政府均已经正式签约，但是《公民权利与政治权利国际公约》自1998年10月5日中国驻联合国代表秦华孙大使签署后一直束之高阁，未提请全国人大审议，中青会要求全国人大及其常委会立即无条件审议并通过该条约，中国作为世界大国，不应该成为世界人权事业的侏儒之国，耻辱之国。

2. 中青会再次强烈呼吁中国政府开放党禁开放报禁，真正实现媒体自由和言论自由，包括结社自由和网络自由，并推动司法独立和军队国家化，中青会认为，中国民主转型是利国利民的进步事业，同时也是真正落实中国十三亿公民权利和政治权利的最有力保障。

3. 中青会要求中国政府立即无条件释放中国民主党秦永敏，陈树庆，吕耿松等同仁，纵观全球，任何一个国家的稳定与发展都需要政治反对党的存在与制约，中国共产党对于中国民主党的镇压和迫害必将失败，终有一天因失去人心而丧失政权，开放党禁刻不容缓。

4. 中青会要求中国政府立即无条件释放刘晓波，伊力哈木等政治异议人士及所有被关押的维权律师及维权人士吴淦，江天勇，谢阳，李和平等人，因言获罪是一个国家的耻辱，失去言论自由的国家不可能成为负责任的国家，言论自由是每一个现代公民的基本权利。

5. 选举权和被选举权，对每一个公民都非常重要，中青会要求中国政府立即无条件停止对各级人大代表独立候选人的打压，参政议政不是少数人的权利，十三亿中国公民都有权力去参与，每一个公民都应该拥有自己的选票，都可以去选择自己的民意代表，都可以去选择自己的政府官员，未来中国政府的执政合法性必须来自于十三亿中国公民的选票授权。

  

                                  中国民主党青年委员会

                             （中青会）

                                    主席  秦伟平（签发）            

                                       2016年12月10日