Wei Jingsheng (Chinese: 魏京生; born 20 May 1950) is a Chinese human rights activist and dissident. He is best known for his involvement in the Chinese democracy...

Tansuo (Explorations), a journal he founded in the late 1970s with Wei Jingsheng. Liu played a leading role in the Democracy Wall and was arrested (when...

Hongtian, Chinese diplomat Wei Wenbo (魏文伯), Chinese politician and revolutionary Wei Jingsheng (魏京生), Chinese dissident Wei Kuo-yen (魏國彥), Minister of...

"The Fifth Modernization" is an essay by human rights activist Wei Jingsheng, originally begun as a signed wall poster placed on the Democracy Wall in...

for democracy brought instant fame to its author, Wei Jingsheng. On December 5, 1978, Wei Jingsheng, a 28-year-old electrician at the Beijing Zoo, put...

Modernization: Democracy and Others" written by writer and activist Wei Jingsheng, was posted on Democracy Wall. This long article strongly criticized...

documentary also featured an interview with Chinese human rights activist Wei Jingsheng, who claimed in the documentary that he attempted to warn United States...

Kaixi, Wang Chaohua and Li Lu), several supporters of the movement and Wei Jingsheng, a prominent dissident who led the Democracy Wall movement of 1978....

Modernization manifesto by Wei Jingsheng, who was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for authoring the document. In it, Wei argued that political liberalization...

ensured that authors like Václav Havel, Jacobo Timerman, Xu Wenli and Wei Jingsheng were all published around the world. After his experience in Moscow...

registered by some local authorities. The Democracy Wall Movement dissident Wei Jingsheng was released and exiled, China signed the International Covenant on...

time and not providing prisoners with enough water.[citation needed] Wei Jingsheng had published under his name in March 1979 an essay denouncing the inhumane...

Students for a Free Tibet, Palden Gyatso – Former Political Prisoner, Wei Jingsheng – Chinese Democracy Activist and Former Political Prisoner Amsterdam...

develop hydroelectric power.: 204  On December 5, 1978, former Red Guard Wei Jingsheng posted "democracy" as the Fifth Modernization on the Democracy Wall...

who was imprisoned for 15 years for being a member of the PKK 1996 Wei Jingsheng  China Activist in the Chinese democracy movement 1997 Salima Ghezali...

Eventually, the most widely regarded poster writer for Xidan Wall, Wei Jingsheng, was sent to prison. The area is served by Xidan station, which is an...

attack by conservatives as early as 1979. Events such as the trial of Wei Jingsheng signalled writers that there were limits to the open discussion of the...

critics began to arise within the system, including the famous dissident Wei Jingsheng, who coined the term "fifth modernization" in reference to democracy...

Ngawang Sangdrol, Phuntsog Nyidron, Takna Jigme Zangpo, Wang Dan, Wei Jingsheng, Gao Zhan and Fang Lizhi.[citation needed] Until 2001, parole in Israel...

Gulag system List of refugees Ivan Bunin Czesław Miłosz Đoàn Văn Toại Wei Jingsheng Yevgeny Zamyatin UK: /ˌsɒlʒəˈnɪtsɪn/ SOL-zhə-NIT-sin, US: /ˌsoʊl-, -ˈniːt-/...

Awardees of the Second Annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize" by the Wei Jingsheng Foundation". Wei Jingsheng Foundation. Wilson, Brian (2013-07-17)...

criminal and stated that he does not deserve the prize. Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng, in his response to news of the award, criticized Liu by calling him...

Cultural Revolution began. The Chinese dissident and former Red Guard Wei Jingsheng published in March 1979 a letter under his name but written by another...

Suffolk. 1997 – After nearly 18 years of incarceration, China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons. 2002 – The...

Democracy Wall movement include The Fifth Modernization manifesto by Wei Jingsheng.: 42  China's reform and opening up had major socio-economic impacts...

Arzu Abdullayeva and Anahit Bayandour 1993 Students for Sarajevo 1994 Wei Jingsheng 1995 Fatah Youth, Labour Young Leadership and Peace Now 1996 Casa Alianza...

 Meanwhile, overt calls for democracy were penned and posted by activists Wei Jingsheng of Explorations magazine and Xu Wenli of the April Fifth Forum. After...

big-character posters was protected by the Constitution. On December 5, Wei Jingsheng, an electrician at the Beijing Zoo, posted The Fifth Modernization a...

 Vietnam 1995 Kailash Satyarthi  India Doan Viet Hoat  Vietnam 1994 Wei Jingsheng  China Ren Wanding 1993 Bambang Widjojanto  Indonesia 1992 Chakufwa...

Osofsky, Hari M. (1998). "Understanding "Hostage-Diplomacy": e Release of Wei Jingsheng and Wang Dan". Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal. 1 (1):...