【伦敦讯】 2026年10月1日，正值中共宣示政权建立的喧嚣之日，伦敦波特兰广场（Portland Place）与曼彻斯特的中国总领事馆外，同时弥漫着肃穆而冷峻的气氛。中国民主党欧洲总部和英国总部的党员及多位流亡海外的异见人士，南北联动，分别于中国驻英国大使馆及中国驻曼彻斯特总领事馆正对面，发起了一场声势浩大的同步抗议活动。
本次示威旨在提前纪念即将到来的“四通桥事件”四周年，向四年前在北京四通桥上撕裂黑夜、发出时代呐喊的彭立发（网名彭载舟）致敬，同时向北京当局强烈呼吁：立即释放彭立发及所有被关押的良心犯，全面开启民主宪政改革。立即释放在今年三月份以中国民主党北京党部副主席兼秘书长王石为代表的7名被判刑的党员。
孤烟长空：横幅与标语重现“四通桥怒吼”
集会于下午2点正式开始，使馆前的广场上横幅高耸、标语如林。在伦敦大使馆前，党员们郑重拉起了重现四通桥事件原貌的巨幅白底红字标语：“不要核酸要吃饭，不要封控要自由，不要谎言要尊严，不要领袖要选票，不做奴才做公民”。
这六句曾在2022年十月震撼寰宇的箴言，在伦敦秋日的微风中猎猎作响。现场抗议者高呼“释放彭立发！”、“结束一党专政”、“还中国人权与自由”等口号，声浪越过波特兰广场的道路，直抵使馆紧闭的铁门。
南北呼应：曼城领馆外的坚守与呐喊
与首都伦敦的宏大集会交相辉映，在英格兰北部的曼彻斯特，中国民主党部分党员汇聚于中国驻曼彻斯特总领事馆前，形成了遥相呼应的抗议阵线。
曼彻斯特领馆前，党员们手持“释放彭立发”、“反对中共专制”等标语，用高亢的口号声打破了领馆四周的沉寂。曼城集会负责人表示，选择在这一天于曼城领馆前发声，既是对伦敦主会场的有力声援，也是为了向英国中北部的华人群体传递坚守民主价值的决心。南北两地的同步抗议，展现了海外民运力量在英国的深度延伸与高度协同。
激荡集会：跨越时空的民主宣言
中国民主党欧洲总部和英国总部的负责人在现场发表了演讲，回顾了彭立发个人英雄主义背后的历史必然性与其对后续“白纸运动”及全球华人民运的启蒙意义。
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现场发言，强烈要求北京当局立即释放释放在2026年3月30日至31日，中国民主党北京党部副主席兼秘书长王石等7名成员被北京市第二中级人民法院以“颠覆国家政权罪”闭门重判党员。他称之为成立中国民主党是继承“北京四通桥抗争精神”。
中国民主党代表在现场发言中指出：“四年前，彭立发先生在四通桥上限于绝境而死里求生，用滚滚浓烟和声声呐喊，刺破了极权统治下窒息的沉默。他并非孤胆的狂者，而是亿万被践踏尊严的中国人心中怒火的凝结。四年来，那道烟火从未熄灭，它在白纸运动中燎原，也在全世界每一个热爱自由的华人心中延烧。在2025年10月份，在北京四通桥附近宣布成立中国民主党北京党部，并公开宣读党章（临时），提出以“公开、理性、和平、非暴力”为原则，主张推动中国走向自由、民主与法治。”
集会者强调，彭立发至今仍处于强迫失踪与残酷关押状态，其家属亦遭受严密的监控与迫害。这种对自由意志的强暴，是对人类文明底线的悍然挑衅。
薪火相传：从四通桥到世界角落的时代共鸣
多位青年党员与流亡海外的自由人士在集会上轮流发声。一位年轻的参与者表示，四通桥的枪声般口号，彻底打破了社会泛滥的习得性无助，唤醒了整整一代青年人对公民责任与政治权利的觉醒。
中国民主党欧洲总部的代表在总结陈词中呼吁，国际社会应持续保持对中国人权现状的深度关切，切勿因地缘政治的考量而忽视对独裁体制下受迫害人群的救援。
这场抗议活动不仅是对“国殇日”的严正抗议，更是对四通桥抗争精神的庄严传承。只要彭立发尚未重获自由，只要宪政与民主尚未降临这片土地，伦敦与曼彻斯特乃至世界各地的自由之声就永不息声。
中国民主党欧洲总部和英国总部供稿
此次活动组织者：
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共同总指挥：王魏晋
中国民主党英国总部活动共同总指挥：卢灵飞
党员参与名单：
王蕴溥、王魏晋、卢灵飞 、王建 、林丽君、廖柳燕、姚忠岐、张涛世 、谢琳、Liz Tan、钱越、王俊、戴超、赵玉莲、俞杰辉、顾晓峰、张石头、孔维程、许少男、兰子明、林钟、陈忠文、米斯宙、黄俊民、黄晓凤、杨云、丁晨光、温作团、苏积树、吴小海、谢清怡、李泽生、张学美、赵武、黄鑫、官振楼、杨体和
Echoes of a Lone Hero: China Democracy Party European and UK Headquarters Hold Protest Outside the Chinese Embassy in the UK Ahead of the Fourth Anniversary of the Sitong Bridge Protest
[London] On 1 October 2026, as the Chinese Communist Party marked the anniversary of the establishment of its regime, a solemn and austere atmosphere prevailed simultaneously at Portland Place in London and outside the Chinese Consulate-General in Manchester. Members of the China Democracy Party European Headquarters and UK Headquarters, together with a number of dissidents living in exile overseas, coordinated actions in the north and south of England, staging large-scale simultaneous protests directly opposite the Chinese Embassy in London and the Chinese Consulate-General in Manchester.
The demonstration was held in advance of the forthcoming fourth anniversary of the Sitong Bridge Protest, paying tribute to Peng Lifa, also known online as Peng Zaizhou, who four years ago broke through the darkness from Beijing’s Sitong Bridge and issued a cry that resonated with the times. Protesters also made a strong appeal to the Beijing authorities: immediately release Peng Lifa and all prisoners of conscience, and begin comprehensive constitutional and democratic reform. They also demanded the immediate release of seven China Democracy Party members, including Wang Shi, Vice-Chair and Secretary-General of the Beijing Branch of the China Democracy Party, who were sentenced in March this year.
A Lone Column of Smoke Beneath the Open Sky: Banners and Slogans Recreate the “Cry of Sitong Bridge”
The rally officially began at 2:00 p.m. Outside the embassy, large banners and placards filled the area. In front of the Chinese Embassy in London, party members solemnly unfurled a huge white banner with red lettering reproducing the original slogans from the Sitong Bridge protest:
“We want food, not Covid tests; freedom, not lockdowns; dignity, not lies; elections, not leaders; citizens, not slaves.”
These words, which shocked audiences around the world in October 2022, once again fluttered in the London autumn breeze.
Protesters chanted slogans including “Release Peng Lifa!”, “End one-party dictatorship!”, and “Restore human rights and freedom to the Chinese people!” Their voices carried across Portland Place towards the tightly closed gates of the embassy.
North and South in Unison: Persistence and Protest Outside the Manchester Consulate
At the same time as the major rally in London, members of the China Democracy Party gathered outside the Chinese Consulate-General in Manchester in northern England, forming a parallel protest front.
Outside the Manchester consulate, party members held placards reading “Release Peng Lifa” and “Oppose CCP Dictatorship”, breaking the silence around the consulate with loud chants.
The organiser of the Manchester rally said that speaking out in front of the consulate on this particular day was intended both to support the main gathering in London and to convey to Chinese communities in the Midlands and northern Britain a determination to uphold democratic values.
The simultaneous protests in London and Manchester demonstrated what organisers described as the growing reach and coordination of the overseas Chinese democracy movement in the United Kingdom.
A Stirring Rally: A Democratic Declaration Across Time and Distance
Representatives of the China Democracy Party European Headquarters and UK Headquarters delivered speeches at the event, reviewing the historical significance behind Peng Lifa’s individual act of courage and its subsequent influence on the White Paper Movement and the wider global Chinese democracy movement.
Wang Yunpu, Chair of the Beijing Branch of the China Democracy Party and Vice-Chair of the China Democracy Party European Headquarters, spoke at the rally and strongly demanded that the Beijing authorities immediately release the seven members of the China Democracy Party Beijing Branch, including Vice-Chair and Secretary-General Wang Shi, who were sentenced behind closed doors by Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court on charges of “subversion of state power” on 30 and 31 March 2026.
He described the establishment of the China Democracy Party as a continuation of the “spirit of resistance demonstrated at Beijing’s Sitong Bridge.”
A representative of the China Democracy Party stated at the rally:
“Four years ago, Mr Peng Lifa, driven into desperate circumstances, risked everything on Sitong Bridge. Through billowing smoke and repeated cries, he pierced the suffocating silence under totalitarian rule. He was not a reckless lone man, but the embodiment of the anger felt by countless Chinese people whose dignity had been trampled upon.
“Over the past four years, that flame has never been extinguished. It spread during the White Paper Movement and continues to burn in the hearts of freedom-loving Chinese people around the world.
“In October 2025, the Beijing Branch of the China Democracy Party announced its establishment near Beijing’s Sitong Bridge and publicly read out its provisional party constitution, advocating the principles of ‘openness, rationality, peace and non-violence’, and calling for China to move towards freedom, democracy and the rule of law.”
Participants emphasised that Peng Lifa remains subjected to enforced disappearance and harsh detention, while his family has also allegedly been placed under strict surveillance and persecution. They described such treatment of an individual’s free will as a serious affront to the basic standards of human civilisation.
Passing the Flame Forward: From Sitong Bridge to Every Corner of the World
A number of young party members and exiled advocates of freedom took turns speaking at the rally.
One young participant said that the slogans shouted from Sitong Bridge had struck society like gunfire, breaking through a widespread sense of learned helplessness and awakening an entire generation to questions of civic responsibility and political rights.
In concluding remarks, a representative of the China Democracy Party European Headquarters called on the international community to maintain close attention to the human rights situation in China and not to neglect those suffering under authoritarian rule because of geopolitical considerations.
The protest was not only presented as a solemn demonstration on what participants called a “Day of National Mourning”, but also as a continuation of the spirit of the Sitong Bridge protest.
As long as Peng Lifa has not regained his freedom, and as long as constitutional government and democracy have not yet arrived in China, participants declared that the voices of freedom in London, Manchester and around the world will not fall silent.
Submitted by the China Democracy Party European Headquarters and China Democracy Party UK Headquarters
Event Organisers
Chair of the Beijing Branch of the China Democracy Party and Vice-Chair of the China Democracy Party European Headquarters:
Wang Yunpu
Co-Chief Commander of Street Activities, China Democracy Party UK Headquarters:
Wang Weijin
Co-Chief Commander of Activities, China Democracy Party UK Headquarters:
Lu Lingfei
Participating Party Members
Wang Yunpu, Wang Weijin, Lu Lingfei, Wang Jian, Lin Lijun, Liao Liuyan, Yao Zhongqi, Zhang Taoshi, Xie Lin, Liz Tan, Qian Yue, Wang Jun, Dai Chao, Zhao Yulian, Yu Jiehui, Gu Xiaofeng, Zhang Shitou, Kong Weicheng, Xu Shaonan, Lan Ziming, Lin Zhong, Chen Zhongwen, Mi Sizhou, Huang Junmin, Huang Xiaofeng, Yang Yun, Ding Chenguang, Wen Zuotuan, Su Jishu, Wu Xiaohai, Xie Qingyi, Li Zesheng, Zhang Xuemei, Zhao Wu, Huang Xin, Guan Zhenlou and Yang Tihe.
