【伦敦讯】 2026年7月13日，适逢诺贝尔和平奖得主刘晓波先生逝世九周年祭日。在这个具有深远历史与文化意义的时刻，中国民主党英国总部在英国伦敦举行了与德国莱比锡主会场高度同步的纪念会议与宪政民主研讨会。黄华和谌彬代表英国参加了德国莱比锡主场会议。
伦敦设分场。
伦敦分场会议与在德国莱比锡圣尼古拉教堂（St. Nicholas Church）及老交易所（Alte Handelsbörse）举办的**“首届刘晓波人权奖颁奖典礼暨中国宪政民主讨论会”**跨国联动。伦敦现场的民主志士及各界支持者紧密配合德国现场的议程，通过网络实况直播与现场发言，共同发出追求自由民主的时代强音。
首届刘晓波人权奖揭晓：揭示武汉疫情真相的张展荣膺桂冠
在本次会议中最引人瞩目的核心议程，是在莱比锡老交易所（Alte Handelsbörse）实时揭晓并颁发的首届（2026年）刘晓波人权奖。历经海内外民运社团、人权机构及学者专家的严格评选，首届万元美金人权大奖最终授予了目前仍在中国身陷囹圄的著名女性人权捍卫者、公民记者张展和德国牧师罗兰德.库讷。当大屏幕实时传送德国主会场宣布张展获奖的画面时，伦敦会场爆发出经久不息的掌声。中国民主党英国总部代表指出，将首届刘晓波人权奖颁给张展，不仅是对她无畏强权、坚守真相精神的最高致敬，更是在向世界昭示：刘晓波先生那“非暴力、讲真话、以肉身抗衡暴政”的火种，在当下的中国大地依然薪火相传。
🕯️ 获奖者介绍：用生命记录真相的义人——张展
张展，现年42岁，毕业于西南财经大学并获金融学硕士学位。她曾是一名优秀的执业律师，后因参与维权活动被注销律师执照。此后，她转为一名独立的公民记者和行动者，长期关注中国的基本人权与言论自由。
孤身逆行，揭开武汉疫情黑幕： 2020年2月，在新冠疫情于武汉爆发初期、官方全面封锁消息的危急时刻，张展冒着被捕的巨大风险只身前往武汉。她走访医院、火葬场及社区，通过社交媒体发布了大量的一手实况视频与文字报道。她披露了政府隐瞒疫情的真相，记录了普通市民在封城期间的真实惨状，并公开质疑官方的防疫政策。
首度入狱与惨烈的抗争： 2020年5月，张展被中国当局跨省抓捕。随后，她被以“寻衅滋事罪”判处有期徒刑4年。在上海女子监狱服刑期间，张展为了抗议不公审判和迫害，进行了长期、决绝的绝食抗争，数次生命垂危。在监狱强制灌食之下，她的体重一度暴跌至仅37公斤（不到被捕前的一半），其坚韧不屈的意志震动了国际社会。
刚出囹圄，再陷冤狱： 2024年5月13日，张展服满四年刑期获释。然而出狱后，她并未选择妥协，而是继续遭到当局无所不在的严密监控。由于她持续发声并前往甘肃等地声援其他人权捍卫者，在获释仅一年多后的2025年9月19日，张展再度遭到上海法院的不公开审判，并再次被以“寻衅滋事罪”重判有期徒希4年。目前，她依然在严密的囚禁与健康状况恶化的危险中坚守。
跨越时空的民主共振：伦敦与莱比锡实时联动
除了见证这一历史性的颁奖时刻，伦敦会场还积极响应了德国现场的各环节：
🕊️ 同步“和平祈祷”，传承圣尼古拉精神
下午，伦敦会场与莱比锡圣尼古拉教堂的“和平祈祷会”进行了跨国连接。三十多年前，莱比锡市民正是从这座教堂出发，以手持烛光的和平抗争拉倒了东德红色专制的高墙；今天，伦敦的中国民主党党员与支持者们，在库讷牧师主持和平祷告的画面前肃立，为张展、为所有仍在高墙内遭受迫害的政治犯，以及为中国未来的宪政民主化默默祈祷。
凝聚共识：探讨新时代下的中国宪政之路
在随后的伦敦研讨会环节，与会者结合张展的刚烈事迹，围绕**“如何在新时代背景下更好地推动中国民主和自由事业发展”**展开了深入探讨。
中国民主党英国总部代表在发言中强调：
- 以讲真话对抗谎言： 张展的行动证明了“真话”对极权统治的杀伤力。正如刘晓波先生当年的非暴力抗争一样，海外民运要在国际上持续揭露中共的谎言。
- 构建更广泛的国际声援： 鉴于张展再度被判刑四年且健康状况堪忧，中国民主党英国总部将联合英国及欧洲的政界、人权组织，展开对张展的紧急国际救援与持续发声。
- 青年传承： 张展作为新一代中国知识分子的楷模，她的无畏鼓舞了无数年轻人。伦敦会场近年来吸引了越来越多年轻一代华人的加入，如何将“七·一三”精神与张展的刚正骨气灌输给新一代，是海外民运生生不息的关键。
薪火不灭，照亮未来
从2017年肯彭、2018年柏林，到2022年和2025年的伦敦，再到2026年莱比锡与伦敦的跨国双城联动，海外各界对刘晓波先生的追悼与对中国民主的追求从未间断。
中国民主党英国总部的代表在会议总结中表示，九年过去，刘晓波先生的思想没有被抹去，反而通过像张展这样前赴后继的抗争者得到了最伟大的实践。中国民主党英国总部将继续站在反抗专制的前线，与全球追求自由的力量一道，迎接中国宪政民主曙光的到来。
中国民主党英国总部组织信息
组织者包括：
中国民主党欧洲总部主席、中国民主党英国总部主席：王冠儒
中国民主党北京党部主席、中国民主党欧洲总部副主席：王蕴溥
中国民主党英国总部街头活动总指挥：王魏晋
中国民主党英国总部活动副总指挥：卢灵飞、胡晓
党员演讲名单：
王冠儒 王蕴溥 王魏晋 卢灵飞 杨体和 李泽生 吴冉 吴小海
党员参与名单：
王冠儒 王蕴溥 王魏晋 卢灵飞 胡晓 廖柳燕 王涛 俞杰辉 戴超 李申耀 朱双林 顾晓峰 许少男 苏积树 吴小海 李泽生 林钟 吴冉 米斯宙 黄鑫 谢琳达 蔡波 刘恩成 姚忠岐
Passing the Torch, United in Purpose Across Two Cities: China Democracy Party UK Headquarters Holds a Synchronous Commemoration in London Marking the Ninth Anniversary of Liu Xiaobo’s Death
[London] On 13 July 2026, the ninth anniversary of the death of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mr Liu Xiaobo, the China Democracy Party UK Headquarters held in London a commemorative meeting and constitutional democracy seminar that closely aligned with the main event in Leipzig, Germany. Huang Hua and Chen Bin attended the main meeting in Leipzig on behalf of the UK.
A London sub-venue was established.
The London session was linked across borders with the First Liu Xiaobo Human Rights Award Ceremony and Symposium on Constitutional Democracy in China, held at St Nicholas Church and the Alte Handelsbörse in Leipzig, Germany. Democracy activists and supporters from all walks of life at the London venue closely followed the agenda in Germany, and through live online broadcast and on-site speeches, jointly voiced the call of the times for freedom and democracy.
Announcement of the First Liu Xiaobo Human Rights Award: Zhang Zhan, Who Exposed the Truth About the Wuhan Pandemic, Receives the Highest Honour
The most striking and central item on the agenda of this meeting was the live announcement and presentation in the Alte Handelsbörse in Leipzig of the first Liu Xiaobo Human Rights Award (2026). After rigorous selection by democracy organisations, human rights bodies, scholars and experts both inside and outside China, the first human rights award of US$10,000 was ultimately granted to the well-known female human rights defender and citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who remains imprisoned in China, and to the German pastor Roland Kühne. When the large screen transmitted the scene from the main venue in Germany announcing Zhang Zhan as a recipient, the London venue erupted into prolonged applause. Representatives of the China Democracy Party UK Headquarters stated that awarding the first Liu Xiaobo Human Rights Award to Zhang Zhan was not only the highest tribute to her fearless defiance of power and steadfast commitment to truth, but also a declaration to the world that the flame of Mr Liu Xiaobo’s spirit — “non-violence, telling the truth, and resisting tyranny with one’s own body” — is still being passed on in China today.
🕯️ About the Recipient: Zhang Zhan — A Righteous Person Who Recorded the Truth with Her Life
Zhang Zhan, aged 42, graduated from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics with a Master’s degree in Finance. She was once an outstanding practising lawyer, but her law licence was revoked after she took part in rights defence activities. She then became an independent citizen journalist and activist, long focusing on fundamental human rights and freedom of expression in China.
A lone journey against the tide, exposing the truth of the Wuhan pandemic: In February 2020, at the early stage of the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, when the authorities were comprehensively suppressing information, Zhang Zhan went alone to Wuhan despite the enormous risk of arrest. She visited hospitals, crematoria and neighbourhoods, and published a large number of first-hand videos and written reports through social media. She exposed the government’s concealment of the pandemic, documented the real suffering of ordinary citizens during the lockdown, and openly questioned official epidemic-control policies.
Her first imprisonment and a brutal struggle: In May 2020, Zhang Zhan was arrested by the Chinese authorities across provincial lines. She was later sentenced to four years’ imprisonment on the charge of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”. While serving her sentence in Shanghai Women’s Prison, Zhang Zhan undertook a prolonged and resolute hunger strike in protest against the unjust trial and persecution, and was repeatedly at risk of death. Under forced feeding in prison, her weight at one point dropped to just 37 kilograms — less than half of what it had been before her arrest. Her unyielding will shocked the international community.
Released only to be wrongfully imprisoned again: On 13 May 2024, Zhang Zhan was released after serving her four-year sentence. Yet after her release, she did not choose compromise, and instead continued to be subjected to pervasive and tight surveillance by the authorities. Because she continued to speak out and travelled to places such as Gansu to support other human rights defenders, Zhang Zhan was subjected once again, just over a year after her release, to a closed trial by a Shanghai court on 19 September 2025, and was again heavily sentenced to four years’ imprisonment on the charge of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”. She remains today under strict detention, while her health continues to deteriorate dangerously.
Democratic Resonance Across Time and Space: Real-Time Linkage Between London and Leipzig
In addition to witnessing this historic award ceremony, the London venue also actively responded to the various sessions taking place in Germany:
🕊️ Synchronous “Prayer for Peace”, Carrying Forward the Spirit of St Nicholas
In the afternoon, the London venue was linked across borders with the “Prayer for Peace” at St Nicholas Church in Leipzig. More than thirty years ago, it was from this church that the citizens of Leipzig, holding candles, launched the peaceful protests that brought down the wall of East German communist dictatorship. Today, members and supporters of the China Democracy Party in London stood solemnly before images of Pastor Kühne leading the prayer for peace, praying silently for Zhang Zhan, for all political prisoners still persecuted behind high walls, and for China’s future constitutional democratisation.
Forging Consensus: Discussing China’s Constitutional Path in the New Era
In the subsequent discussion session in London, participants held in-depth talks, inspired by Zhang Zhan’s unbending example, around the theme of “how better to promote the development of China’s democratic and freedom cause in the new era”.
Representatives of the China Democracy Party UK Headquarters stressed in their speeches:
- Using truth to confront lies: Zhang Zhan’s actions have demonstrated the destructive force of truth against authoritarian rule. Just as Mr Liu Xiaobo’s non-violent resistance once did, the overseas democracy movement must continue exposing the CCP’s lies internationally.
- Building broader international solidarity: In view of Zhang Zhan’s second four-year sentence and her worrying state of health, the China Democracy Party UK Headquarters will work together with political figures and human rights organisations in the UK and across Europe to launch urgent international rescue efforts and sustained advocacy on her behalf.
- Passing the torch to the young: As a model for a new generation of Chinese intellectuals, Zhang Zhan’s fearlessness has inspired countless young people. In recent years, the London venue has attracted increasing numbers of younger Chinese participants. How to pass on the spirit of “13 July” and Zhang Zhan’s moral courage to the next generation is key to the continued life of the overseas democracy movement.
The Flame Does Not Die, It Lights the Future
From Kempen in 2017, Berlin in 2018, London in 2022 and 2025, to the dual-city transnational linkage of Leipzig and London in 2026, overseas commemorations of Mr Liu Xiaobo and the pursuit of democracy in China have never ceased.
Representatives of the China Democracy Party UK Headquarters stated in the concluding remarks that, nine years on, Mr Liu Xiaobo’s ideas have not been erased; on the contrary, they have found their greatest expression in the struggles of those who have continued forward, such as Zhang Zhan. The China Democracy Party UK Headquarters will continue to stand on the front line against authoritarianism, together with all global forces pursuing freedom, until the dawn of constitutional democracy in China arrives.
Organisational Information of the China Democracy Party UK Headquarters
Organisers include:
Chair of the China Democracy Party European Headquarters and Chair of the China Democracy Party UK Headquarters: Wang Guanru
Chair of the Beijing Branch of the China Democracy Party and Vice-Chair of the China Democracy Party European Headquarters: Wang Yunpu
Chief Commander of Street Activities, China Democracy Party UK Headquarters: Wang Weijin
Deputy Commanders of Activities, China Democracy Party UK Headquarters: Lu Lingfei, Hu Xiao
List of Party Members Giving Speeches:
Wang Guanru, Wang Yunpu, Wang Weijin, Lu Lingfei, Yang Tihe, Li Zesheng, Wu Ran, Wu Xiaohai
List of Participating Party Members:
Wang Guanru, Wang Yunpu, Wang Weijin, Lu Lingfei, Hu Xiao, Liao Liuyan, Wang Tao, Yu Jiehui, Dai Chao, Li Shenyao, Zhu Shuanglin, Gu Xiaofeng, Xu Shaonan, Su Jishu, Wu Xiaohai, Li Zesheng, Lin Zhong, Wu Ran, Mi Sizhou, Huang Xin, Xie Linda, Cai Bo, Liu Encheng, Yao Zhongqi
