周锋锁先生

人道中国的朋友们，

今天纽约的人权组织中国人权任命我为执行主任，这是一个光荣的责任。中国人权成立于八九民运之际，是最早支持天安门母亲群体和中国良心犯的组织，在国际倡导方面尤其有影响。现在也面临很多严峻挑战，我接受这个职位，一定会把中国人权的事业坚持和发展。

人道中国的所有工作，都会继续照常进行和发展。在很多方面，也会和中国人权互补。感谢我们的捐款人志愿者和理事会，人道中国可以高效低成本服务中国良心犯，去年我们支持的良心犯，总共接近两百个，为历来最多。但是需求更广，我们可以继续扩大。

中国人权会集中在英文世界的人权倡导和募捐，同时致力合作华人学生组织建设。白纸运动彰显了海外留学生的重要，这将是中国人权工作的重点之一。

中国民主化，是个世界性挑战，人道中国和中国人权都是可以有效推动的平台，如果你们有任何想法，请随时让我知道。

谢谢你们的信任和支持！

周锋锁

 
HRIC Board Chair Announces New Executive Director

January 26, 2023

 

On behalf of the Board of Directors of HRIC, it is my great pleasure to announce the appointment of Zhou Fengsuo (周锋锁), veteran human rights and democracy activist, as the next Executive Director of Human Rights in China. Zhou will take the helm in early March 2023, after Sharon Hom steps down at the end of February.

Zhou is widely recognized and respected in activist communities for his grounded leadership, humanitarian work, and inclusive vision for social change. During the 1989 Democracy Movement, Zhou, a student of physics at the elite Tsinghua University, emerged as a leader of the Beijing Students’ Autonomous Federation. Following the June Fourth military crackdown, Zhou was listed as No. 5 on the Chinese government’s “Most-Wanted” list. After his arrest, he was imprisoned in 1989-1990 and then exiled to Hebei Province for “reeducation” in 1990-1991. After arriving in the United States in the mid-1990s, Zhou earned an MBA degree from the University of Chicago and worked in the financial industry, while remaining active in the overseas Chinese democracy movement. In 2007, he co-founded Humanitarian China, an NGO dedicated to helping Chinese political prisoners and their families with financial assistance, and became its president in 2017.

With his impressive record of democracy and human rights activism, Zhou will build upon HRIC’s 1989 roots and carry on our decades-long commitment to supporting Chinese rights defenders pressing for official accountability. In one of the darkest times in China, he will lead HRIC forward in exciting and creative ways to mobilize grassroots activism, energize Chinese diaspora communities, and expand HRIC’s domestic networks and international solidarity.

The HRIC board warmly welcomes Zhou Fengsuo and we look forward to working with him to take on the new and ongoing challenges and opportunities ahead.

The board also expresses its deep appreciation to Sharon for her leadership and service over the past 21 years, a period in which she, with her unparalleled energy, brought rigor and vitality to the organization’s work, and built a record of impactful international rights advocacy. We are also grateful that she will remain as a director of HRIC’s board.

William Bernstein

Chair

HRIC Board of Directors
中国人权理事会主席宣布新执行主任任命

2023年1月26日

 

我代表中国人权理事会，非常高兴地宣布，任命资深人权和民主活动人士周锋锁为下一任中国人权执行主任。他将在今年2月底谭竞嫦卸任后，于3月初接任这一职务。

周锋锁因其出色的领导能力和脚踏实地的作风、以及对人道工作和对社会变革的包容性眼光而在人权活动界得到广泛认可和尊重。在1989年的民主运动中，时为清华大学物理系学生的周锋锁成为“北京市高校学生自治联合会”（“高自联”）的常委，是“八九学运”领袖之一。“六四”镇压后，中国政府将他列为21名被通缉学生领袖名单中的第五位。他于1989年至1990年被监禁，1990年至1991年被发配到河北省进行“再教育”。周锋锁于1990年代中期抵美，获得芝加哥大学商学院商学硕士学位，之后从事金融业工作，同时积极参与海外华人民主运动。2007年，周锋锁与他人共同创办了非政府组织“人道中国”，该组织致力于为中国政治犯及其家属提供经济援助；2017年他成为该组织的主席。

周锋锁在民主和人权活动方面的工作成绩斐然，令人印象深刻。他将秉承中国人权1989年建立之初的理念，立足当下，继续本组织三十多年来支持中国维权人士的努力，追究官方责任，为中国民众讨还公道。我们相信，在当前中国的至暗时刻，他将带领中国人权以创造性的方式，激励人心，奋力前行，动员基层活动人士，为海外华人社区注入活力，并扩大中国人权的国内网络和国际合作。

中国人权理事会热烈欢迎周锋锁，我们期待与他合作，一起迎接未来新的、持续的挑战和机遇。

中国人权理事会同时对谭竞嫦在过去21年的领导和奉献深表感谢；在此期间，她精力充沛，不知疲倦的工作为本组织带来了严谨的作风和活力，并建立了有影响力的国际人权呼吁的记录。我们也很高兴她将继续担任中国人权理事会的理事。

中国人权理事会主席  威廉·伯恩斯坦