d. 08-12-2008 (Kina-efter-1976)
Charter 08 og Liu Xiaobo
Et manifest skrevet af 303 kinesiske dissidenter og menneskerettigheds aktivister. Manifestet krævede gennemførsel af demokratiske reformer og afvikling af etpartisystemet, magtens tredeling og garanti for menneskerettighederne.
Blandt medunderskriverne var Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017) som i dec. 2009 bliver idømt 11 års fængsel for statsundergravende virksomhed". I 2010 modtager han Nobels Fredspris.
Manifestet indledes med disse ord:
"This year is the 100th year of China's Constitution, the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 30th anniversary of the birth of the Democracy Wall, and the 10th year since China signed the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. After experiencing a prolonged period of human rights disasters and a tortuous struggle and resistance, the awakening Chinese citizens are increasingly and more clearly recognizing that freedom, equality, and human rights are universal common values shared by all humankind, and that democracy, a republic, and constitutionalism constitute the basic structural framework of modern governance. A "modernization" bereft of these universal values and this basic political framework is a disastrous process that deprives humans of their rights, corrodes human nature, and destroys human dignity. Where will China head in the 21st century? Continue a "modernization" under this kind of authoritarian rule? Or recognize universal values, assimilate into the mainstream civilization, and build a democratic political system? This is a major decision that cannot be avoided"
Oprettet d. 01-01-2020 11:02:39
