攝影記者：關永傑

在1989年北京天安門事件37週年到臨之際，全球各地、各族裔、各組織用各種形式來緬懷所有那些以和平方式爭取自由、問責制度和反對腐敗的人們。記者於6月4日在華盛頓DC參與了三場紀念活動：

活動一、國會山（U.S. Capitol）——美國國會兩黨議員紀念天安門事件37週年新聞發佈會

發佈會由美國眾議院中國問題特設委員會（House Select Committee on the CCP）領銜，該委員會主席（來自密歇根州的共和黨聯邦眾議員）約翰·穆勒納爾（John Moolenaar）擔任主持，該委員會民主黨首席議員（來自伊利諾伊州的聯邦眾議員）拉賈·克里希納莫蒂（Raja Krishnamoorthi）一同出席。

列席嘉賓中有三位都是當年八九民運學生領袖之一，分別是“對話中國”（Dialogue China）智庫負責人王丹先生， “中國人權”（Human Rights in China,  HRIC）執行主任周鋒鎖先生及前美國陸軍退役隨軍牧師熊焱；其他嘉賓還有魏京生基金會執行主任黃慈萍女士；黎智英先生的女兒黎采（Claire Lai）等。

Washington, D.C. Commemorates the 37th Anniversary of June Fourth: Congressional Press Conference, Hearing, and Candlelight Vigil Held in Succession

Photojournalist: Guan Yongjie

Summary: Commemorative activities for the 37th anniversary of June Fourth were held in Washington, D.C., including a congressional press conference, a hearing on transnational repression, and a candlelight vigil. Political figures and democracy activists attended together, calling for attention to human rights, commemorating history, and opposing transnational oppression.

On the occasion of the 37th anniversary of the 1989 Beijing Tiananmen Square incident, people from various regions, ethnic groups, and organizations around the world used various forms to commemorate all those who peacefully strove for freedom, accountability, and opposed corruption. The journalist participated in three commemorative activities in Washington, D.C. on June 4:

Activity 1: U.S. Capitol — Bipartisan U.S. Members of Congress Press Conference Commemorating the 37th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Incident

The press conference was led by the U.S. House Select Committee on the CCP. The committee’s Chairman, John Moolenaar (a Republican U.S. Representative from Michigan), served as the moderator, and the committee’s Ranking Democrat, Raja Krishnamoorthi (a Democratic U.S. Representative from Illinois), attended alongside him.

Among the seated guests were three individuals who were student leaders during the 1989 Democracy Movement: Mr. Wang Dan, head of the “Dialogue China” think tank; Mr. Zhou Fengsuo, Executive Director of “Human Rights in China” (HRIC); and Xiong Yan, a retired former U.S. Army chaplain. Other guests included Ms. Huang Ciping, Executive Director of the Wei Jingsheng Foundation, and Claire Lai, the daughter of Mr. Jimmy Lai.

 

中國問題特設委員會主席約翰·穆勒納爾（John Moolenaar）表示，美國即將迎來建國250週年，自由與民主的立國精神不僅塑造了美國，也長期激勵著世界各地為自由而奮鬥的人們。而37年前的天安門事件，使天安門成為屠殺無辜自由民眾的代名詞。兩黨議員都認為，中共“站在了歷史的錯誤一邊”。

John Moolenaar, Chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP, stated that as the United States is about to welcome the 250th anniversary of its founding, the founding spirit of freedom and democracy has not only shaped America but has also long inspired people fighting for freedom around the world. Meanwhile, the Tiananmen Square incident thirty-seven years ago has made “Tiananmen” synonymous with the massacre of innocent, freedom-loving citizens. Lawmakers from both parties agree that the CCP is “on the wrong side of history.”

 

八九學運領袖之一、後經香港“黃雀行動”救援到達美國，現為加州灣區律師的劉俊，近年來由於其本人和女兒在美國本土遭遇中共特工的跟蹤與跨國騷擾，成為中共跨國鎮壓的典型受害者之一，他在發佈會中現身說法並接受媒體採訪，講述了自己當年的經歷，敦促公眾銘記這場運動，並呼籲人們“不要忘記那些因當年參與民主抗爭至今仍被關押在監獄中的人們”。

Liu Jun, one of the student leaders of the 1989 Democracy Movement who later arrived in the United States via the rescue of “Operation Yellowbird” and currently serves as a lawyer in the California Bay Area, has become one of the typical victims of the CCP’s transnational repression due to the tracking and transnational harassment that he and his daughter have encountered on U.S. soil in recent years. At the press conference, he testified based on his personal experience and accepted media interviews to share his experiences from back then, urging the public to remember this movement, and calling on people “not to forget those who are still held in prisons today for participating in the democratic resistance back then.”

 

  

議員拉賈·克里希納莫蒂（Raja Krishnamoorthi）舉起天安門事件中的經典圖片“坦克人“，並說道：“今天，我們要緬懷‘坦克人’，是因為他身上體現的品質，以及在那場抗議和屠殺中，所有參與者身上體現的品質，為什麼？因為今天在中國，還有很多人遭受持續的壓迫。我指的是藏人，我指的是香港人，我指的是維吾爾人，我指的是所有異見人士，我們不會忘記他們，就像我們不會忘記‘坦克人’一樣。”

Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi held up the classic image from the Tiananmen Square incident, “Tank Man,” and said: “Today, we remember ‘Tank Man’ because of the qualities he embodied, and the qualities embodied by all those who participated in that protest and massacre. Why? Because today in China, there are still many people suffering from ongoing oppression. I am referring to the Tibetans, I am referring to the Hong Kongers, I am referring to the Uyghurs, and I am referring to all dissidents. We will not forget them, just as we will not forget ‘Tank Man’.”

 

當他把圖片反過來顯示空白一面的時候，他借此動作直指中國當下的審查制度與人權現狀（封鎖信息及掩蓋真相）。

When he turned the image over to reveal the blank side, he used this gesture to point directly at China’s current censorship and human rights situation (blocking information and covering up the truth).

 

黎智英先生的女兒黎采（Claire Lai）現身發佈會現場（右2）

Claire Lai, the daughter of Mr. Jimmy Lai, was present at the press conference (second from the right).

 

分別從西雅圖、舊金山、洛杉磯、紐約等地趕來的中國民主人權聯盟成員，在現場拉起橫幅，抗議中國政府對流亡海外的異見人士的“跨國鎮壓“。

Members of the China Democracy and Human Rights Alliance, who had traveled from Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and other places, unfurled banners at the scene to protest the Chinese government’s “transnational repression” against dissidents exiled overseas.

 

魏京生基金會贈送給記者的“紀念六四大屠殺37週年“T恤。

The T-shirt commemorating the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, gifted to the journalist by the Wei Jingsheng Foundation.

 

活動二、國會議員辦公樓（Dirksen Senate Office Building）——《中華人民共和國對美國人的威脅：跨國鎮壓與州級層面的回應》（The PRC’s Threats to Americans: Transnational Repression & State-Level Responses）聽證會

此場是由美國國會及行政當局中國委員會（Congressional-Executive Commission on China，簡稱 CECC）於 2026 年 6 月 4 日下午 1:30（美東時間）在美國國會山舉行的官方聽證會。

主持人是克里斯·史密斯（Chris Smith，美國聯邦眾議員，新澤西州共和黨籍，現任 CECC 共同主席）。台上委員還有：丹·沙利文  (Dan Sullivan，現任美國聯邦參議員，同時也是 CECC 的現任主席）；詹姆斯·麥戈文 (James McGovern，美國聯邦眾議員，CECC 現任資深議員）。

Activity 2: Dirksen Senate Office Building — Hearing on “The PRC’s Threats to Americans: Transnational Repression & State-Level Responses”

This was an official hearing held by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) at 1:30 PM (EST) on June 4, 2026, at the U.S. Capitol.

The moderator was Chris Smith (U.S. Representative, Republican from New Jersey, currently serving as the Co-Chair of the CECC). Other committee members on the panel included: Dan Sullivan (current U.S. Senator, who also serves as the current Chairman of the CECC); and James McGovern (U.S. Representative, current Ranking Member of the CECC).

 

作為此場聽證會的委員，克里斯·史密斯（Chris Smith）及丹·沙利文  (Dan Sullivan)在開場陳詞中極力譴責中共當局通過實體暴力、數碼騷擾以及恐嚇家屬等跨國壓迫工具，試圖在美利堅領土上孤立和恐嚇異見人士的行為，強調這不僅是人權問題，更是對美國國家主權的直接挑釁，並呼籲聯邦必須加強與各州地方政府的執法協作。

As members of this hearing, Chris Smith and Dan Sullivan, in their opening statements, strongly condemned the CCP authorities’ attempts to isolate and intimidate dissidents on American soil through transnational oppression tools such as physical violence, digital harassment, and the intimidation of family members. They emphasized that this is not only a human rights issue, but also a direct provocation to U.S. national sovereignty, and called on the federal government to strengthen law enforcement collaboration with state and local governments.

 詹姆斯·麥戈文 (James McGovern)眾議員作為民主黨在委員會中的首席代表，同樣在台上的主位發表了講話，他指出針對不同政見者的“長臂管轄”是無法被美國社會容忍的，他強烈呼籲國會應當加速推進兩黨聯合提出的《跨國鎮壓政策法案》（Transnational Repression Policy Act)，全面賦能美國國務院和執法部門，用更嚴厲的法律手段對那些在美國領土上跟蹤、騷擾或恐嚇居民的外國代理人進行反制。

Representative James McGovern, as the lead representative for the Democratic Party on the commission, also delivered a speech from the main seat on the panel. He pointed out that “long-arm jurisdiction” targeting individuals with different political views cannot be tolerated by American society. He strongly urged Congress to accelerate the promotion of the bipartisan “Transnational Repression Policy Act,” which would fully empower the U.S. Department of State and law enforcement agencies to use stricter legal measures to counter foreign agents who track, harass, or intimidate residents on American soil.

台下證人席分別作證：

1、斯蒂芬·J·考克斯（Stephen J. Cox），他是美國阿拉斯加州州長法律顧問，前美國聯邦檢察官。他強調美國各州政府和地方當局在應對中共長臂管轄中扮演著越來越重要的角色，因為此類地緣政治衝突已經延伸到了地方的基礎設施、新技術以及消費者保護等日常前線領域，州政府必須強化跨部門合作來保護本地居民和供應鏈安全。

2、埃利奧特·博斯塔（Eliot Bostar），美國內布拉斯加州州參議員（Nebraska State Senator）。他指出中華人民共和國的跨國鎮壓和惡意影響不僅局限於華盛頓特區，而是對美國“每一個州和每一個社區”都構成了直接威脅，他呼籲從州級立法層面採取反制措施，以防範地方商業、高校和公共官員受到中方的脅迫和滲透。

3、劉俊（Arthur Liu），太平洋法律機構負責人/律師（Owner, Inter-Pacific Law Group），八九學運領袖之一。他作為跨國鎮壓的直接受害者家屬（注：其女兒為美國花樣滑冰運動員劉美賢Alysa Liu，此前曾遭涉嫌為中國政府工作的人員跟蹤和間諜監視），劉俊律師以自身經歷作證，揭露了中方長臂管轄對在美國領土上的法律居民、異見人士及其家屬進行恐嚇、跟蹤和滋擾的惡劣手段，並呼籲聯邦與地方執法部門提供更實質性的保護。

4、郭鳳儀（Anna Kwok），香港民主委員會（HKDC）董事會董事、前任執行總監。她講述了香港活動人士在海外正面臨著嚴峻人身安全威脅與“長臂管轄”。她特別提到由於自己在海外的公開倡議，留在香港的親人（如其父親）遭到港府的針對、拘留和連帶審判懲罰。她揭露了中方利用實體攻擊、數字騷擾以及株連國內家屬等“全球脅迫工具”來迫使海外異見者噤聲的策略。

Witnesses testified from the witness stand respectively:

1. Stephen J. Cox, Legal Counsel to the Governor of Alaska and former U.S. Attorney. He emphasized that U.S. state governments and local authorities are playing an increasingly crucial role in responding to the PRC’s long-arm jurisdiction. Because such geopolitical conflicts have extended into everyday frontline areas such as local infrastructure, new technologies, and consumer protection, state governments must strengthen inter-agency cooperation to protect local residents and supply chain security.

2. Eliot Bostar, Nebraska State Senator. He pointed out that the PRC’s transnational repression and malign influence are not confined to Washington, D.C., but pose a direct threat to “every state and every community” across America. He called for countermeasures at the state legislative level to prevent local businesses, universities, and public officials from being coerced and infiltrated by the Chinese side.

3. Arthur Liu, Owner of Inter-Pacific Law Group and one of the student leaders of the 1989 Democracy Movement. As a direct victim’s family member of transnational repression (Note: His daughter is Alysa Liu, a U.S. figure skater, who was previously stalked and placed under espionage surveillance by individuals suspected of working for the Chinese government), attorney Arthur Liu testified based on his personal experience. He exposed the malicious methods used by the Chinese side’s long-arm jurisdiction to intimidate, stalk, and harass legal residents, dissidents, and their families on U.S. soil, and called for more substantive protection from federal and local law enforcement agencies.

4. Anna Kwok, Board Director and former Executive Director of the Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC). She described the severe physical security threats and “long-arm jurisdiction” that Hong Kong activists are currently facing overseas. She specifically mentioned that due to her public advocacy abroad, her relatives remaining in Hong Kong (such as her father) have been targeted, detained, and subjected to retaliatory trials and punishment by the Hong Kong government. She exposed the Chinese side’s strategy of using “global tools of coercion”—including physical attacks, digital harassment, and the collective punishment of domestic family members—to silence overseas dissidents.

  

獲邀出席此場聽證會的民運團體——中國民主人權聯盟，其主席金秀紅向委員提交了一份報告，據金主席介紹，報告中包含她及其組織成員遭遇中共跨國鎮壓的一些材料。

The China Democracy and Human Rights Alliance, a democracy group invited to attend this hearing, submitted a report to the commissioners through its Chairperson, Jin Xiuhong. According to Chairperson Jin, the report contains materials detailing the transnational repression encountered by herself and members of her organization.

 

 

活動三、共產主義受難者紀念雕像（Victims of Communism Memorial）——六四天安門大屠殺37週年燭光悼念活動

2026年6月4日傍晚，共產主義受難者紀念基金會（Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation，簡稱VOC）在華盛頓特區的共產主義受難者紀念雕像前舉行了六四天安門大屠殺37週年燭光悼念活動。

悼念活動還未開始，但民主女神雕像前已經擺放著祭奠的鮮花，還有幾幅當年大屠殺的死難者照片。

Activity 3: Victims of Communism Memorial — Candlelight Vigil for the 37th Anniversary of the June Fourth Tiananmen Square Massacre

On the evening of June 4, 2026, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) held a candlelight vigil for the 37th anniversary of the June Fourth Tiananmen Square Massacre in front of the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Before the memorial activity even began, memorial flowers and several photographs of the victims from the massacre back then had already been placed in front of the Goddess of Democracy statue.

  

VOC主席埃里克·帕特森（Dr. Eric Patterson）向香港民主人士許穎婷頒發了 “2026年異議人士人權獎”，表彰其抗爭精神。

許穎婷在發言中表示，“勇氣並不是沒有恐懼，它是在恐懼存在時選擇承擔責任。”儘管香港維園燭光被熄滅，但抗爭精神已薪火相傳，她將獎項獻給被囚禁的香港政治犯（如鄒幸彤、李卓人、黎智英等）、當年的天安門學生和過百萬為自由而遊行的香港人。

Dr. Eric Patterson, Chairman of the VOC, presented the “2026 Dissident Human Rights Award” to Hong Kong democracy activist Frances Hui, in recognition of her spirit of resistance.

In her speech, Frances Hui stated, “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the choice to assume responsibility in the presence of fear.” She remarked that although the candlelight in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park has been extinguished, the spirit of resistance has been passed down. She dedicated the award to imprisoned Hong Kong political prisoners (such as Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan, and Jimmy Lai), the Tiananmen students of that year, and the over one million Hong Kong people who marched for freedom.

 

劉俊律師帶領在場參與者為六四死難者默哀。他在發言中感謝當年香港人的幫助，並呼籲中共釋放所有中國大陸和香港的政治犯。

Attorney Arthur Liu led the attendees present in observing a moment of silence for the victims of June Fourth. In his speech, he expressed his gratitude for the help of the Hong Kong people back then, and called on the CCP to release all political prisoners in mainland China and Hong Kong.

香港海外民主活動人士邵嵐（Joey Siu）作為國際特赦組織香港海外分會發言人發表了講話。她表示，維園是自由的燈塔，在過去數十年裏 ，香港曾是中國領土上唯一可以公開悼念六四的地方。這些維園的蠟燭當年不僅是為了悼念1989年在北京犧牲的六四平民與學生，也是為了香港自身的自由而點燃。而每年的六四晚會本身就是一種對“我們是誰”的身份宣示，“我們依然記得那些政權想要強行抹去和篡改的歷史真相。”由於目前香港本地已不具備講出真話的空間，海外港人和社運人士如今承擔起在國際舞台上傳遞六四火炬的責任。我們應共同展現與獨裁對抗的堅定韌性，她借由華盛頓的燭光表明，香港人、中國內地異見人士、西藏人和維吾爾人等群體，在對抗壓迫和極權主義的道路上將持續站在一起、共同抗爭。

Joey Siu, an overseas Hong Kong democracy activist, delivered a speech as a spokesperson for Amnesty International’s overseas Hong Kong chapter. She stated that Victoria Park was a beacon of freedom, and for the past several decades, Hong Kong was the only place on Chinese soil where June Fourth could be publicly commemorated. Those candles in Victoria Park back then were lit not only to mourn the civilians and students who sacrificed their lives in Beijing in 1989, but also for Hong Kong’s own freedom. Furthermore, the annual June Fourth vigil itself was a declaration of identity of “who we are,” signaling that “we still remember the historical truth that the regime attempts to forcibly erase and falsify.”

She noted that since the space to speak the truth no longer exists within Hong Kong itself, overseas Hong Kongers and social activists have now taken on the responsibility of carrying the torch of June Fourth on the international stage. We should collectively demonstrate a steadfast resilience in confronting dictatorship. Through the candlelight in Washington, she showed that groups such as Hong Kongers, mainland Chinese dissidents, Tibetans, and Uyghurs will continue to stand together and fight concurrently on the path of resisting oppression and totalitarianism

陶智（Piero Tozzi），曾長期擔任美國國會及行政當局中國委員會（CECC）的Chief of Staff與高級法律顧問，現任中國政策高級主任（Senior Director for China Policy）是美政府內部最積極推動遏制（Transnational Repression）的官員之一，他在發言中表示，中共禁絕紀念六四，“正如《1984》作家George Orwell所說：“誰控制了過去，誰就控制了未來；誰控制了現在，誰就控制了過去。”

Piero Tozzi, who long served as the Chief of Staff and Senior Legal Counsel for the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) and currently serves as the Senior Director for China Policy, is one of the most active officials within the U.S. government promoting the countering of transnational repression. In his speech, he stated that the CCP bans the commemoration of June Fourth, adding: “Just as George Orwell, the author of 1984, wrote: ‘Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'”

 

楊傑凱（Jan Jekielek，《英文大紀元》編輯），他批評對華綏靖政策，控訴中共活摘器官暴行，呼籲各界與仍在抗爭的信仰人士及維吾爾人、藏人等站在一起。

Jan Jekielek, an editor for The Epoch Times, criticized the appeasement policy toward China and denounced the atrocities of the CCP’s forced organ harvesting. He called on all sectors of society to stand together with the people of faith, Uyghurs, Tibetans, and others who are still fighting.

 

新疆維吾爾人權活動人士伊利夏提（Ilshat Hassan Kokbore）表示，對中共將迫害常態化，我們必須反對，對北京天安門屠殺的紀念，就是拒絕遺忘，因為遺忘會助長更多的暴行。

Ilshat Hassan Kokbore, a Uyghur human rights activist from Xinjiang, stated that we must oppose the CCP’s normalization of persecution. He remarked that commemorating the Beijing Tiananmen Square Massacre is a refusal to forget, because forgetting enables further atrocities.

 

西藏代表Tsultrim Gyatso在發言中表示，中共對西藏的鎮壓，至今仍在發生。

Tsultrim Gyatso, a representative of Tibet, stated in his speech that the CCP’s repression of Tibet is still ongoing today.

 

魏京生基金會（Wei Jingsheng Foundation）執行主任黃慈萍女士發言，她強調今天大家齊聚在雕像下，“是為了重燃希望，推翻中共”。她指出，現在可以看到中國越來越多的普通民眾、甚至軍隊裡的人都已經逐漸醒悟過來，她樂觀地展望，“中國的希望就在前方，民主自由的曙光就在我們面前”。

Ms. Ciping Huang, Executive Director of the Wei Jingsheng Foundation, delivered a speech. She emphasized that everyone gathering under the statue today “is to reignite hope and overthrow the CCP.” She pointed out that it is now visible that more and more ordinary people in China, and even individuals within the military, have gradually awakened. She offered an optimistic outlook, stating, “China’s hope lies just ahead, and the dawn of democracy and freedom is right before us.”

 

參與悼念活動的民眾及社會各界人士

Members of the public and representatives from various sectors participating in the vigil

 

 

願點點燭光化身黑夜的星辰，在每個人的心中延續，永不熄滅。

May each spark of candlelight transform into a star in the dark night, continuing in everyone’s heart, never to be extinguished.

編輯： 鍾然 校对：孔祥庆 翻译：沈美花

Editor: Zhong Ran

Proofreader: Kong Xiangqing

Translator: Shen Meihua