2023年8月13日是中国知名人权律师高智晟失踪6周年的日子，中国民主党英国总部在伦敦中国驻英国大使馆前举行抗议示威，响应全球声援营救高智晟的活动，要求中共政府立释放高智晟律师。
2017年8月13日这一天，仍遭受非法软禁在陕西老家的高智晟突然与外界失联，家人备受精神煎熬，其亲人更相继遭迫害悲惨离世。2020年，高智晟的姐姐被当局无休止恐惧折磨逼迫跳河自杀；2021年高智晟夫人耿和的姐夫也被迫害跳楼自杀。高智晟律师长期介入中国人权案件，为法轮功成员、地下基督徒和被强征土地的访民等弱势群体提供法律援助，并被评为中国十大优秀律师之一。2006年，高智晟被当局“以煽动颠覆国家政权罪”判处有期徒刑3年，缓刑5年，并在狱中遭受酷刑。但在2014年出狱后，高智晟仍被当局软禁，并从2017年8月起与外界失去联系，至今下落不明。 在抗议活动现场，中国民主党英国总部成员手持标语，高呼口号，要求中国政府尊重言论自由和人权，释放高智晟。党员代表谌彬在活动现场发表演说：强调高智晟律师是一个勇敢而正义的人，他为了捍卫中国人民的基本权利而付出了沉重代价，他不应该被遗忘或被消失。我们迫切的希望他能够早日重见天日与他的家人团聚。我们呼吁中国政府能够尊重基本人权和法治，立即停止对异见人士和维权律师的迫害。
参加此次活动的党员：王冠儒、黄华、蒋玉山、林丽君、谌彬、余刚、张维声、廖柳燕、顾晓峰、于伟梁、靳雪涔等
中国民主党英国总部谌彬
6th Anniversary of Gao Zhisheng’s Disappearance: Global Efforts to Find China’s Conscience
On August 13, 2023, marked the 6th anniversary of the disappearance of Gao Zhisheng, a prominent human rights lawyer in China. The UK Headquarters of China Democracy Party organized a protest demonstration in front of the Chinese Embassy in London, joining the global call for the rescue of Gao Zhisheng and demanding the immediate release of the lawyer by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government.
On this day in 2017, Gao Zhisheng, who was still under illegal house arrest in his hometown in Shaanxi, suddenly lost contact with the outside world. His family endured immense mental anguish, and his relatives suffered tragic persecutions and deaths. In 2020, Gao Zhisheng’s sister was driven to suicide by endless fear and pressure from the authorities. In 2021, Gao Zhisheng’s wife Geng He’s brother-in-law was also driven to suicide due to persecution.
Gao Zhisheng, a lawyer known for his involvement in human rights cases in China, provided legal aid to marginalized groups such as Falun Gong practitioners, underground Christians, and land rights activists. He was named one of China’s top ten outstanding lawyers. In 2006, Gao Zhisheng was sentenced to three years in prison on charges of “inciting subversion of state power” and placed on probation for five years, during which he suffered torture while in custody. However, after his release in 2014, Gao Zhisheng was subjected to ongoing house arrest by authorities. Since August 2017, he has disappeared from public view and his whereabouts remain unknown.
During the protest, members of the UK Headquarters of China Democracy Party held banners and chanted slogans, urging the Chinese government to respect freedom of speech and human rights and to release Gao Zhisheng. Party representative Chen Bin delivered a speech on site, emphasizing that Gao Zhisheng is a brave and righteous individual who has paid a heavy price to defend the basic rights of the Chinese people. He should not be forgotten or silenced. We urgently hope that he can be reunited with his family as soon as possible. We call on the Chinese government to respect basic human rights and the rule of law, and to immediately halt the persecution of dissenting voices and human rights lawyers.
Participating party members: Wang Guanru, Huang Hua, Jiang Yushan, Lin Lijun, Chen Bin, Yu Gang, Zhang Weisheng, Liao Liuyan, Gu Xiaofeng, Yu Weiliang, Jin Xuecen, etc.
UK Headquarters of China Democracy Party Chen Bin
