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Champion of Freedom of Speech
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Spirit of Tiananmen Award
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| 1989 |
VAG artist Tom Van Sant with help from members built
replica of goddess of democracy and placed on the pedestrian bridge in downtown
LA in front of LA City Hall on June 12, one week after the Tiananmen Massacre
of June 4. |
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| 1990 |
Goddess of democracy statue stood in front of the Westwood Federal
building for the annual commemoration. |
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| 1991 |
VAG president Ariel Heart and member Tom Van Sant received commendations
from the city honoring them and VAG for building the replica of the goddess
of democracy statue. Presented by LA Councilmembers Michael Woo and Zev
Yaroslavsky. |
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| 1992 |
LA City Council presented commendations to Hei Feng, Amy Ai Chiang,
Song Leng, Wu Yenhua, participants of the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement.
Presentation made by Councilmember Michael Woo's assistant, George Yin.
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Honored by VAG: Hei Feng, Amy Ai Chiang, Song Leng, Wu Yenhua
and Wallace Hsieh, a businessman who was in Tiananmen and supported the
students with Tiananmen award. |
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| 1993 |
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Wan Dan, Tiananmen student leader (still in China at the time.)
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Tony and Claire Maglica (Croation Christian couple who adopted
a Bosnian Muslim boy during the conflict of Yugoslavia).
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| 1994 |
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Arnold Schifrin, past President of Visual Artists Guild, was appointed
by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. as California's first "Maestro of Painting". |
| 1995 |
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Todd Carrel, foremr ABC News bureau chief and foreign correspondent
in China 1985-1992 until he was severely beat up by the Beijing secret police
on June 3, 1993 City of LA also presented commendations to Todd Carrel and
Harry Wu. |
| 1996 |
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Emily Lau, Hong Kong pro-democracy legislator. |
Amy Biehl, Stanford student and Fulbright scholar who was murdered
by blacks in South Africa while on a mission of voter education during South
Africa's first democratic election for all races. |
| 1997 |
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PEN Center USA West, accepted by Sherrill W. Britton, Executive
Director. |
| 1998 |
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Wei Jingsheng, considered as father of China's modern democracy.
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Harry Wu, human rights activist. |
| 1999 |
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Tom Van Sant, artist who built the replica of goddess of democracy
statue VAG received a commendation from the city of Los Angeles, presented
by Councilmember Zev Yaroslavsky on the tenth anniversary of the Tiananmen
Massacre. |
| 2000 |
Honored Li Lu, former Tiananmen student leader. |
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| 2001 |
Honored Ho Pin, publisher of the Chinese language version of
"The Tiananmen Papers". |
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| 2002 |
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Li Shaomin, economist, professor. |
Helie Lee, author who brought her family out of North Korea. |
| 2003 |
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Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) accepted by Sophie Beach,
Asia Research Associate. |
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| 2004 |
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Ding Zilin, founder Mothers of Tianamen, a Beijing Based orgnization
that seeks justice for missing children of Tiananmen. Accepted by friend. |
Chief Anthony Enahoro, elder statesman in Nigeria who dedicated
his life to a democratic system of government in Nigeria. Accepted by friend. |
| 2005 |
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Han Dong Fang, China labor activist, resides in Hong Kong. |
Ethan Gutmann, author of "Losing the New China". |
| 2006 |
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Yongyi Song . |
Hungarian Freedom Fighters. |
| 2007 |
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Mak Yin Ting, Hong Kong advocate for journalistic freedom. |
June Pulcini, human rights activist. |
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