“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”

Robert F. Kennedy
Capetown, June 6th 1966

1994: WEI JINGSHENG, CHINA

Advocating for human rights and political reform in China.

Striving for human rights protection and the democratization of China, Wei Jingsheng's influential role in the Democracy Wall movement and political criticism resulted in a fifteen-year prison term. Now in the United States, Jingsheng continues to educate and advocate for political reform and human rights in China.

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