Charter 08

Charter 08

Charter 08, One Year On

By E. PERRY LINK
A year ago, on the 60th anniversary of the unveiling of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 303 Chinese announced "Charter 08," a citizens' manifesto calling for constitutional democracy, human rights, rule of law and tripartite separation of powers in government. It was the first public statement in the history of the People's Republic of China to call for an end to one-Party rule. "The Chinese people, who have endured human rights disasters and uncountable struggles across these same years, now include many who see clearly that freedom, equality, and human rights are universal values of humankind and that democracy and constitutional government are the fundamental framework for protecting these values," the Charter states.

Its drafters took inspiration from Charter 77 in Czechoslovakia, but their document also shows influences from the U.S. Constitution, the French Declaration of the Rights of Man, the democratic movement in Taiwan in the 1980s, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa. Eventually more than 10,000 people inside China signed on to it, and countless others who read it feared to sign. Google hits for "08 xianzhang" in Chinese reached a million... more


零 八 宪 章

一、前言

今年是中国立宪百年，《世界人权宣言》公布60周年，“民主墙”诞生30周年，中国政府签署《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》10周年。在经历了长期的人权灾难和艰难曲折的抗争历程之后，觉醒的中国公民日渐清楚地认识到，自由、平等、人权是人类共同的普世价值；民主、共和、宪政是现代政治的基本制度架构。抽离了这些普世价值和基本政制架构的“现代化”，是剥夺人的权利、腐蚀人性、摧毁人的尊严的灾难过程。21世纪的中国将走向何方，是继续这种威权统治下的“现代化”，还是认同普世价值、融入主流文明、建立民主政体？这是一个不容回避的抉择。

與《零八憲章》有關的資訊及活動資料會在 Facebook “零八憲章運動 Charter 08 Campaign”群組網頁不斷更新：http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39149338540

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China's Charter 08
Translated from the Chinese by Perry Link

Charter 08: background and links

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Human Rights in China (HRIC)


charter08.eu


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《零八宪章》運動 Charter 08 Campaign


Liu Xiaobo



CNN - 23.12.2009

要民主自由法治叫顛覆政府?中國共產黨跟「中國」國民黨支那人都一個樣?
Rule of law, democracy and freedom should be called to subvert the government? The Chinese Communist Party with "China" KMT Chinaman is a kind of


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