White House Petition for Peace Hong Kong has toped 170,000

Peace Hong Kong Initiative

“We the People” White House Petition for Peaceful Hong Kong has toped 170,000

The “We the People” White House Petition for Peaceful Hong Kong topped 170,000 signatures as of 10:00PM  ET Sunday night.
The Peaceful Hong Kong petition is a joint initiative launched September 19 by 33 groups worldwide, including organizations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao. It urges the U.S. government to publicly stand against the possibility of Beijing violently cracking down on peaceful demonstrators in Hong Kong. Such resolve from the U.S. government and the international community would send a strong message to the Chinese government that any attempt to solve political disagreements with violence would result in severe consequences.

Dr YANG Jianli, the principal power behind the White House petition said, “The joint action from global democratic forces in support of the Hong Kong democracy movement is very inclusive. We have support from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao, and in mainland China, including all Chinese minority groups such as Tibetan, Mongolian, Urghur as well as Han. Religious groups in support of the petition include Christian and Falungong, among others. We also have support from many human rights groups in major democracies, as well as those in Vietnam, Myanma, Laos, North Korea, Iran and Cuba . Such a widespread attention has expressed moral support for Hong Kong’s students and residents and contempt for the Beijing authoritarian regime.”

Per “We, the People” petition rules, when signature reaches 100,000, the White House must respond to the petition. We have learned of the letter of appeal to President Obama has been forwarded via Initiative for China/Citizen Power for China, and an official response will be due soon.

Toronto based Hong Kong Human rights activist Gloria Fung told us, “We have maintained in close contact with the leadership of the democracy movement in Hong Kong. Protest will escalate despite a growing number of police forces being sent from neighboring Guangdong Province, while the Chinese government had manipulated its armed forces near Kong Kong border, amid the  growing tension.” She points out, “We must warn the Beijing government that the world is watching Hong Kong.”

Organizers of Peaceful Hong Kong and its working teams have been laboring on action plans for the next phase, including pushing hard to increase the petition’s signatures, requesting major democracies – their legislatures and governments – to express their clear positions against violence used to repress peaceful protests of the Hong Kong people.

Zhang Xiaogang, an Australia based member of the liaison team, has called upon all parties of the world to push to increase the petition’s signature count as a show of civil power. “Only actions produce results,” he said.

Our next step to gain signatures will involve focusing on Hong Kong and other Asian regions. Taiwanese leader for the petition YANG Hisan-Hong expresses the consensus of Chinese living abroad. “Without democracy in China, none of us will have a good life, and by supporting Hong Kong, we support Taiwan itself,” he said. Furthermore, NGOs in Taiwan plan to push its Legislature Yuan for support.
The aim of Peaceful Hong Kong is to mobilize the international community to prevent the possible massacre in Hong Kong, like that of 1989 Tiananmen. One of the leading figures for the initiative, Mr. Fang Zheng, has called on the leaders of the U.S. and other major democracies to help prevent the tragedy of Tiananmen happen again. Fang Zheng lost his legs to the Chinese army tanks on Tiananmen in 1989 crackdown.

Please Sign Petition to the White House

We ask all the democracy-loving people living around the world to sign our We The People petition tothe White House on Hong Kong which urges the US government to monitor the constitutional crisis in Hong Kong, press the Chinese Government to honor their promise of democratic elections to the Hong Kong citizenry, and prevent a second Tiananmen Massacre from happening in Hong Kong. Our goal of having the White House respond to this crisis can be achieved by reaching 100,000 signatories by Oct. 4, 2014. Please forward to friends and colleagues to support this petition.

Initiating Organizations:

Contact Person:

Dr. YANG Jianli

Dr. TENG Biao (Chinese Human Rights, International Community)

617-396-6099 tengbiao89@gmail.com

Mr. HU Jia (Mainland China)

0135-0109-1828

Mr. YANG Sen-hong (Taiwan)

0922-884-138 yang0509@gmail.com

Mr. TO Kwan Hang (Hong Kong)

9709-4567 andrewto@cpa.com

Ms. Gloria Fung (International Community, Oversea Hong Kong Citizens)

416-706-0111 gylfung@gmail.com

Mr. Henry Chau (Oversea Hong Kong Citizens)

604-202-2324 henryshchau@gmail.com

Scott Chiang (Macau)

turningtool@gmail.com

Mr. Bob Fu (International Community, Christian Churches)

267-265-6087 bobfu@chinaaid.org

Ms. Theresa Chu (Taiwan)

0928433204 Attorney@theresachu.com

Mr. Enghebatu Togochog (South Mongolia)

917-698-4367 enghebatu@gmail.com

Ms. Zubayra Shamseden (Uyghur)

zshams@uhrp.org

Ms. Tenzin Dolkar (Tibet)

917-664-5530 tendolkarsft@gmail.com

Ms. Mary Yang (Taiwan) 

+886 0920080320  maryyang0621@gmail.com

Mr. Zhong JinJiang (Australia) 

zhongjinjiang@googlemail.com

Mr. Zhang Xiaogang (Australia)

xiaogangz@acm.org