好消息：陈霞芬与美国政府达成和解，得到补偿

2022年11月10日，美籍华人科学家陈霞芬（Sherry Chen）就她在过去十年中所遭受的不公正待遇与政府达成了和解。请阅读下面陈霞芬给支持者的信，了解详情。这是早该得到的正义! 非常感谢大家在过去几年里对她的持续支持!

1. 陈霞芬致支持者的信：

My dear friends:

Today is a day for celebration. I’m writing to announce a historic settlement in my two lawsuits seeking accountability for the government’s illegal and discriminatory investigation of me, its wrongful prosecution, and its termination of my employment with the National Weather Service.

The settlement is one of the largest paid to an individual plaintiff in Commerce Department history. As compensation, the Commerce Department is paying me $550,000, and I’ll receive an annuity from the U.S. government valued at $1.25 million over ten years. In addition, the Commerce Department is hosting a private meeting between me and a senior agency official, and it is providing me with a letter that acknowledges my extensive accomplishments during my tenure as a U.S. government hydrologist.

Today’s settlement is not only a victory for me; it is also a victory for our community and for the rule of law. It makes clear that profiling and discrimination are unacceptable, and that rogue investigative units like ITMS have no place in a democratic society. The government cannot escape the consequences for these wrongs. It will be held to account. 

Of course, no amount of money can ever fully repair the injustices I’ve experienced. But today’s settlement is a critically important step toward achieving justice for myself and for so many Chinese Americans who have been subjected to unjustified government scrutiny. 

Your unwavering support has been essential to this fight every step of the way. Although I’m unfortunately unable to celebrate with each of you in person, please know that I’m thinking of each of you, and I am so grateful for your kindness and generosity over this years-long fight. You’ve given me the strength to go on.  Thank you so much!

Sherry

2. 美国公民自由联盟关于陈霞芬案和解的新闻稿:

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/historic-settlement-us-government-pay-wrongly-prosecuted-chinese-american-scientist

3. ACLU关于陈霞芬案的推特:

https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1590820473633669122?s=20&t=1xm8brT3QBkczNrFf_L5cA

如果您想了解更多关于陈霞芬的经历，请访问她的法律辩护基金网站。

https://www.sherrychendefensefund.org/about-sherry.html

请积极转发/回应ACLU的推特。也请关注陈霞芬法律辩护基金、APA Justice和俄州华人协会（OCAA）在社交媒体上的帖子--让政府听到我们的声音--他们要为自己的行为和不作为负责!

如果你想分享你的反馈，请考虑填写这个表格--我们将与陈霞芬分享（拷贝下面的链接或点击文末“阅读原文”）。谢谢!

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下面是美国华人2017年3月14日在俄亥俄州辛辛那提市参加陈霞芬听证会和支持陈霞芬示威活动的视频：