WEI: Leader of the "Wall for Democracy" movement between 1978 and 1979, arrested on March 29, 1979 for "spreading secrets of State", Wei was sentenced to 15 years in prison for "counter-revolutionary crimes". To the four modernizations of Deng Xiaoping, he added a fifth one: "the democracy".
In 1992, from his prison he wrote to Deng Xiaoping asking him to start negotiations with the Dalai Lama.
Released in 1993, Wei continued to openly denounce human rights violations in China.
Arrested again on April 1, 1994 he was detained in a secret place for 20 months with neither charges nor trial. On November 21, 1995, Chinese authorities sentenced him to a new 15-year term.
In October 1996, he received the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought of the European Parliament.
WANG: One of the leaders of Beijing's spring of 1989, Wand Dan has become the pursued person number one of the regime following the repression on the Tien An Men Square. Arrested on July 2, 1989 he was sentenced on January 26, 1991 to 4 years in prison for "counter-revolutionary propaganda and instigation". Released in February 1993, Wang continued his activities in favour of democratic reforms. During the process against Wei Jingsheng in December 1995, Wang was accused for complicity in the project "aiming to collect the forces of different illegal organisations for preparing the take-over of the government". On May 21,1995 Wang "disappeared" after he has launched an appeal in favour of the rehabilitation of movement of Tien An Men. After having been detained in a secret place for 17 months, Wang was sentenced on October 7, 1996 to 11 years in prison for "conspiracy aiming the take-over of the regime".
Supporting the candidacy of Wei Jingsheng and Wang Dan for the Nobel Peace Prize means to strengthen the struggle for democracy and for the human rights in China, East Turkestan, Tibet and South Mongolia.
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