【新唐人2013年11月08日讯】联合国人权理事会改选部分理事国，不到一周的时间就要投票选举了，目前有超过万名中国人，参与了反对中共成为联合国人权理事的签名活动。此外，来自世界各地的签名已经达到了80多万，这一活动的发起人之一——美国“哈德逊研究所”研究员韩连朝预计，在联合国人权理事国选举前将达到一百万人次。
设在瑞士日内瓦的“联合国人权理事会”，11月12号将投票轮选联合国人权理事会新成员国，目前中共已报名并进入候选名单。外界普遍认为，中共作为人权侵害大国，没有资格参选，也没有理由当选，更没有资格坐在联合国的殿堂上审议人权议题。
今年9月，海外团体“公民力量”发起了“反对中国再次成为联合国人权理事会成员国”签名活动。这一活动的发起人之一——美国“哈德逊研究所”研究员韩连朝表示，目前已经有12000名中国人签名声援。
美国“哈德逊研究所”研究员韩连朝：“这个事有两个签名，第一个是在中国人和其他少数族群这个圈子里签名，现在这个签名已经是12000名了。除了那个之外，有一个国际性的签名，是我们和另外一个组织一起合作进行的，这个签名已经有85万人参加了，现在这个势头还在往上涨，在联合国投票之前，我们估计可能会突破100万。”
韩连朝介绍，签名反对中共成为联合国人权理事的中国人，大多是人权的受害者、或公众知识份子、和人权活动家，还有20多位香港立法委员。
曾经坐牢8年的原“中国民主党全国联合总部”负责人何德普，也参与了这次的签名活动。
原“中国民主党全国联合总部”负责人何德普：“中国（中共）政府在人权方面肯定是不行，侵犯人权的事太多了，这是毫无疑问的，它（中共）参加联合国，我认为，还真没有资格。”
为什么中国人权记录这么恶劣？
中国媒体人北风：“最主要的原因，当然是权力不受制约，然后，统治集团可以靠它的专制政权，它的专制手段，可以为所欲为。”
5号，一些国际非政府组织在纽约举行联合记者会，呼吁国际社会反对中共等一些被认为人权记录恶劣的极权国家，竞选联合国人权理事会席位。
参加这次会议的北风对《新唐人》表示，他在大陆经历无数次人权迫害。
北风：“中国在人权方面表现很糟糕，中国现在还存在有大量的人权迫害的案例，至少还有数以百计的人作为政治犯被关在监狱里，（我）在过去几年中不断受到搔扰，或者是曾经被传唤抄家之类的。国际社会对待中国问题上，应该更谨慎。”
记者会上，总部设在日内瓦的两个非政府组织——“联合国观察（UN Watch) ”、和“人权基金会(Human Rights Foundation)”， 公布了一份评估报告，对相关国家的人权状况和参选人权理事会的资格做了分析。报告说，中国、古巴、俄罗斯、沙乌地阿拉伯、阿尔及利亚、约旦和越南“不够格” 。
“联合国观察”组织的负责人纽埃尔（Hillel Neuer）说，“中国、古巴、俄罗斯和沙乌地阿拉伯制度性的违反本国公民的人权。”他表示，这些国家对保护其他国家人权的提案，一贯坚持错误的投票。
出席纽约这次活动的团体和个人，也向美国驻联合国大使鲍尔，和欧盟外交政策专员阿什顿，发出请愿书，敦促他们反对中共、俄罗斯、古巴、越南、沙乌地阿拉伯和约旦等国，进入联合国人权理事会。
根据现行规定，联合国在12号举行的投票中，中共需要获得97票才能够继续连任联合国人权理事会成员国。反对者呼吁其他国家正视中国的人权状况，对北京投出反对票。
采访编辑/常春 后制/李勇
Growing Support for Campaign to Stop China Membership of UN Human Rights Council
Elections for membership of United Nations Human
Rights Council (UNHRC) will be held this week.
Running alongside this is a campaign to oppose the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) gaining membership.
The campaign petition has been signed by
more than 0.8 million people internationally.
More than ten thousand Chinese
citizens also signed the petition.
Han Lianchao is co-founder of the campaign, and
also a researcher at the US-based Hudson Institute.
It is estimated that the number
of signatories will reach 1 million.
The UNHRC is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
The UN General Assembly will elect new
members of the council on November 12.
China is currently an candidate
for election to the UNHRC.
It is widely acknowledged that China has prevalent
human rights abuses, and is not qualified to be
elected to oversea international human rights issues.
In September 2013, the organization Civil Force
launched the petition signatory campaign.
This was to oppose China becoming
an elected member of the UNHRC.
Han Lianchao comments that currently, 12,000
Chinese have added their signatures to the campaign.
Han Lianchao: “The campaign comprises of two sections.
One is signatures from Chinese citizens, including
ethnic minorities, which has now reached 12,000 people.
The second is signatures collected internationally,
jointly conducted by us and another organization.
Currently, there are around 0.85 million signatures.
For the time being, the number of signatures are increasing.
We estimate it will reach one million before the elections."
Han Lianchao also indicated that the Chinese people
who signed are victims of human rights abuses in China.
They are also public intellectuals, human
rights activists, and more than 20 members
of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
He Depu, former chief of the China Democracy Party signed.
He Depu was persecuted in a jail in China for eight years.
He Depu: “The CCP has a horrific human rights record,
and human rights abuses continue to prevail in China.
I don’t think China is qualified to be elected for membership."
Why does China have such a bad human rights record?
Beifeng, Chinese journalist: “The key reason
is certainly the issue of unconstrained power.
The ruling classes utilize the autocratic
regime, and use it at their will."
On November 5 in New York, several non-governmental
organizations held a joint press conference.
They were appealing to the international community
to oppose totalitarian countries, with poor human
rights records, to be elected for UNHRC membership.
Beifeng attended the press conference.
He told NTD that he experienced numerous
instances of persecution and human rights violations.
Beifeng: “The Chinese regime performs
very poorly in terms of human rights.
There are a large number of human rights cases now
in China, including hundreds of political prisoners.
My own experiences of relentless harassment,
being extorted, and having ones home ransacked.
The international community should be more
vigilant towards China’s election to the UNHRC."
During the press conference, two non-governmental
organizations, based in Geneva, jointly published a report.
They are UN Watch and Human Rights Foundation.
The report reviewed the human rights status
and qualification for the electoral candidates.
The report concludes that China, Cuba, Russia, Saudi Arabia,
Algeria, Jordan and Vietnam are all illegible for membership.
Hillel Neuer, Chief, UN Watch: “China, Cuba,
Russia and Saudi Arabia infringe the human
rights of their citizens by using their regimes."
Hillel emphasized that these countries always object
motions to protect human rights in other countries.
Organizations and individuals who joined the event
also submitted written appeals to Samantha Power,
the American ambassador to the United Nations.
They also appealed to Catherine Ashton, the
Commissioner for Diplomatic Corps for the EU.
They urged Power and Ashton to oppose China,
Russia, Cuba, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and
Jordan from attaining membership to the UNHRC.
According to the existing rule, in the vote on November 12,
China need 97 supporters to continue its membership.
Opponents appealed to the international
community to vote to reject the Chinese
regime, because of it’s human rights record.
