2024年11月26日下午，中国民主党英国总部联合无组织民主人士和香港民运组织成员，在中国驻伦敦大使馆前举行了纪念“白纸革命”两周年的和平抗议活动。此次活动在广告宣传期间受到死亡威胁，有人发邮件声称：“如果你们在中国大使馆前搞事，我们就搞你们，到时候不见血不罢休！”。大约有30多人参加了此次活动。英国警方对此作出反应，在现场增派了警力。
2022年11月24日，新疆乌鲁木齐大火后，中国民众发起的一系列抗议活动，目标旨在反对中共清零政策，要求言论自由。在这些运动中，民众手举白纸，抗议中共“删帖、封号”以及剥夺民众的言论自由。很多民众因为手举白纸抗议，而被警方逮捕。白纸运动的范围波及中国多个城市和大学。2022年11月26日晚，上海市民在上海乌鲁木齐中路抗议，喊出“中共下台，习近平下台”的诉求。2022年11月27日晚，大批北京市民自发前往四通桥抗议，声援勇士彭载舟，并高呼彭载舟的口号“不要核酸要吃饭 不要封控要自由 不要谎言要尊严；不要文革要改革 不要领袖要选票 不做奴才做公民”。抗议的余波也传到了海外，全球几十个城市的华人和大批留学生也纷纷自发举行抗议，以声援国内的白纸运动。
此次在英国伦敦的纪念活动现场，参与者手举白纸及标志性的“乌鲁木齐中路”路牌，于寒风中齐声高喊“不要谎言要尊严、不要领袖要选票、不要文革要改革、不做奴才做公民”等白纸口号，表达了参与者对民主与自由的执着追求。
为了回应死亡威胁，中国民主党英国总部黄华先生特地抱病赶来组织了火线入党活动，共有10名新党员在现场宣誓入党。黄华先生手持麦克风发言说：“白纸运动打破了中共独裁统治，不可反对的恐怖神话。如果当年没有那些勇敢站出来的年轻人，今天或许你们中的一些人已经不在了。我们今天站在这里，就是为了纪念他们的勇敢行动，给予他们支持！那个死亡威胁适得其反，反而造成更多的年轻人加入我们的行列！全体党员，无论你是新党员还是老党员，举起你的右手，跟着我宣誓！让我们用实际行动来回应那个死亡威胁！”
现场，有多位演讲者分享了对抗中共极权的感悟。
活动组织者俞滨先生在演讲中说：“回顾白纸革命的两年，我始终在思考，这场运动究竟留下了什么。是失败吗？或许是的。但失败并不意味着毫无意义。它至少让一些人重新思考，让另一些人决心行动，而这或许就是改变的起点。尽管我们遭遇了多重骚扰与死亡威胁邮件，但参与者用行动表明了捍卫民主自由的决心：我们永远不会遗忘白纸革命，每年都会纪念。只要中共一日不放开言论自由，不释放所有政治犯，不停止一党独裁，我们就要反抗到底，决不妥协。”
活动组织者程敏先生在演讲中指出：“我们要了解并正视个体对抗极权时的孤独与危险。觉醒带来的不仅是思想的开拓与自由，同时也是深刻的孤独和无助。”他提到，民主的道路如履薄冰，每个人都为此失去了很多，但希望从未熄灭，脚步从未停下。
此次活动的顺利举行不仅是对“白纸革命”精神的致敬，更是一次对自由与民主的庄严承诺。参与者相信，这份微弱但不熄的火焰，将传递至更多人手中，直至点燃整个黑暗的长夜。
参与者名单（按姓氏首字母排序）：蔡梦杰、程敏、成亚利、成小丹、戴超、戴雪梅、顾
晓峰、郭会良、郭宇轩、何智威、黄华、兰子明、李亚伦、李景棠、李皓博、林明强、廖柳燕、卢灵飞、马建（非党员）、王冠儒、Thomas Hao，王建、王应河、韦伊铭、魏辰雨、徐伟华、俞滨、于伟梁、赵玉莲、朱嗣勇、以及三位不具名的其他党派民主人士。
中国民主党英国总部党员程敏供稿
2024年11月28日星期四
Fearless Death Threats – Second Anniversary of the White Paper Revolution in front of the Embassy in London
On the afternoon of 26th November 2024, the UK Headquarters of China Democracy Party, together with members of Unorganised Democracy and the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, held a peaceful protest in front of the Chinese Embassy in London to commemorate the second anniversary of the ‘White Paper Revolution’. The event was advertised with death threats, with emails claiming: ‘If you do something in front of the Chinese Embassy, we’ll do something to you, and we won’t stop until there’s blood on our hands!’ . Around 30 people attended the event. The British police responded by deploying additional officers at the site.
On 24 November 2022, a series of protests initiated by the Chinese public in the aftermath of the Urumqi fires in Xinjiang were aimed at opposing the Chinese Communist Party’s policy of clearing the air and demanding freedom of speech. During these campaigns, people held up white paper to protest against the CCP’s ‘deletion of posts, blocking of numbers,’ and the denial of people’s freedom of expression. Many people were arrested by police for holding up white paper. The white paper movement spread to several cities and universities in China.2022 On the evening of 26 November 2022, Shanghai citizens protested on Urumqi Middle Road in Shanghai, shouting ‘Down with the CCP, down with Xi Jinping’.2022 On the evening of 27 November 2022, a large number of Beijing citizens went to Sitongqiao on their own accord to protest in solidarity with the warrior Peng Zaijiang, chanting the slogan ‘Peng Zaijiang’. They chanted Peng’s slogan: ‘Don’t want nuclear acid, want to eat, don’t want blockade, want freedom, don’t want lies, want dignity; don’t want the Cultural Revolution, want reform, don’t want leaders, want votes, don’t want to be a lackey, want to be a citizen’. The aftermath of the protest has also spread overseas, with Chinese and a large number of international students in dozens of cities around the world staging spontaneous protests in solidarity with the white paper movement in China.
At the commemorative event in London, UK, participants held up white paper and the iconic ‘Urumqi Middle Road’ road sign, and chanted white paper slogans such as ‘No lies, no leaders, no votes, no Cultural Revolution, no lackeys, no citizens’, expressing their support for democracy. These slogans expressed the participants’ persistent pursuit of democracy and freedom.
In response to the death threats, Mr. Huang Hua, from the UK Headquarters of China Democracy Party, rushed in sick to organise a firebrand membership event, where a total of 10 new members took the oath to join the party. Speaking with microphone in hand, Mr Huang Hua said, ‘The White Paper Campaign shattered the myth of the unopposed horror of the Chinese Communist Party’s dictatorial rule. Without those young people who bravely stood up back then, perhaps some of you would not be here today. We stand here today to honour their courageous actions and give them our support! That death threat backfired and instead caused more young people to join us! All members of the party, whether you’re new or old, raise your right hand and follow my pledge! Let’s respond to that death threat with real action!’
At the scene, a number of speakers shared their insights on fighting against the totalitarian power of the CCP.
In his speech, event organiser Mr Yu Bin said, ‘Looking back on the two years of the White Paper Revolution, I have always wondered what this movement has left behind. Was it a failure? Perhaps it was. But failure does not mean meaningless. It has at least made some people rethink and others resolve to act, and that may be the starting point for change. Despite the multiple harassment and death threat emails we encountered, the participants demonstrated their determination to defend democracy and freedom with their actions: we will never forget the White Paper Revolution and will commemorate it every year. As long as the CCP does not liberalise the freedom of speech, release all political prisoners and stop the one-party dictatorship, we will resist to the end and never compromise.’
In his speech, event organiser Mr Cheng Min said, ‘We need to understand and face up to the loneliness and danger of the individual in confronting totalitarianism. Awakening brings not only the opening up and freedom of thought, but also profound loneliness and helplessness.’ He mentioned that the road to democracy is like walking on thin ice, and everyone has lost a lot for it, but the hope is never extinguished and the footsteps never stop.
The success of this event is not only a tribute to the spirit of the ‘White Paper Revolution’, but also a solemn commitment to freedom and democracy. Participants believe that this weak but unquenchable flame will be passed on to more people, until it lights up the whole dark night.
List of participants (in alphabetical order): Cai Mengjie, Cheng Min, Cheng Yali, Cheng Xiaodan, Dai Chao, Dai Xuemei, Gu Xiaofeng, Guo Huiliang, Guo Huiliang, Guo Xiaodan, Xiaofeng Cai, Huiliang Guo, Yuxuan Guo, Zhiwei He, Hua Huang, Ziming Lan, Aaron Li, Jingtang Li, Haobo Li, Mingqiang Lin, Liu Liuyan Liao, Lingfei Lu, Jian Ma (non-member), Guanru Wang, Thomas Hao, Jian Wang, Yinghe Wang, Yiming Wei, Chenyu Wei, Weihua Xu, Bin Yu, Weiliang Yu, Yulian Zhao, Zhu Ziyong, and three anonymous other democrats.
Contributed by Cheng Min, a member of UK Headquarters of China Democracy Party
Thursday, 28 November 2024
