2024年9月30日，伦敦人权第一届论坛讲课在伦敦市中心 Royal National Hotel 举行。伦敦人权论坛由慈善机构”中国研究”主办。第一期论坛由“中国研究”共同首席执行官黄华主持。论坛主讲人是大主教 Costas Evangelou 博士，独立作家马建先生。同时，有其他4位中国公民在论坛做了演讲。中国研究执行委员会主席王冠儒，副主席蒋玉山，Thomas Hao及其他领导人出席了论坛讲课。此次论坛共有55位听众参加。
中国研究的宗旨是以宣传世界人权宣言为基本目的，讨论，研究，宣传和促进中国的人权发展。同时，所有活动将严格遵守英国慈善法运行。我们的论坛人权论坛将会成为我们组织的制度化活动。我们将定期邀请世界各国人权活动家在这个论坛上和普通中国人一起探讨，研究和宣传世界人权宣言，以促进中国的人权状况的改善。
大主教 Costas Evangelou 博士在2019年3月19日被英国皇家授予MBE 勋章。他现担任中国研究顾问委员会主席。他在论坛讲课专题是：关于人权和基督教会的倡导作用。他主要介绍了1948年12月10日在联合国通过的世界人权宣言并阐述了人权和基督教教会的关系。他回答了在场中国听众的提问。
曾因小说《非法流浪》获托马斯·库克旅行文学奖和2005年入选法国《阅读》月刊评出的本世纪全球50位作家马建先生作了题为：中国政治与文学。他主要阐述了中国人权问题在他的文学作品里得到的表现，并回答了在场中国听众的提问。
伦敦人权论坛将致力于建立一个由普通中国人和全球人权学者和活动家的探讨平台。所以，我们在此次活动中邀请了其他5位中国公民在论坛做了演讲。他们分别是于伟梁，魏辰雨，朱嗣勇，王宇峻，周勇。他们分别介绍了他们所了解的中国人权现状。
讲课期间自始至终气氛和谐，热情，自由。中国听众来自英国各地。他们不分党派，不分信仰，不分职业。大家为了一个共同目标，那就是关心和促进中国的人权发展。有很多的中国听众在论坛讲课结束的时候，就和论坛主持人报名下一次希望能够上台演讲。他们说，在英国，他们可以讲诉真话，可以自由地表达自己的观点，没有害怕，没有恐惧。
中国研究黄华供稿
2024年10月1日
London Human Rights First Forum Lecture in London
On 30 September 2024, the first London Human Rights Forum lecture was held at the Royal National Hotel in central London. The London Human Rights Forum is organized by the charity China Studies. The first forum was chaired by Hua Huang, Co-Chief Executive of China Studies. The keynote speakers were Archbishop Dr Costas Evangelou and independent author Mr. Ma Jian. In addition, four other Chinese citizens gave presentations at the forum. China Studies Executive Committee Chairman Wang Guanru, Vice Chairman Jiang Yushan, Thomas Hao and other leaders attended the forum. The forum was attended by an audience of 55 people.
The purpose of China Studies is to discuss, research, publicise and promote human rights in China with the basic aim of promoting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. At the same time, all activities will be run in strict compliance with UK charity law. Our forum, the Human Rights Forum, will become an institutionalised activity of our organisation. We will regularly invite human rights activists from all over the world to discuss, study and publicise the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in this forum with ordinary Chinese people, in order to promote the improvement of the human rights situation in China.
Archbishop Dr Costas Evangelou was awarded the MBE on 19 March 2019 by the Royal Family. He currently chairs the China Studies Advisory Board. He lectured at the Forum on the topic: on human rights and the advocacy role of Christian churches. He introduced the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations on 10 December 1948, and explained the relationship between human rights and the Christian church. He answered questions from the Chinese audience.
Mr Ma Jian, winner of the Thomas Cook Travelling Literature Prize for his novel Illegal Wanderings and one of the top 50 global writers of the century in the 2005 edition of the French monthly magazine Le Reader, gave a talk entitled: Chinese Politics and Literature. He focused on the representation of human rights issues in China in his literary works and answered questions from the Chinese audience.
The London Human Rights Forum will endeavour to create a platform for discussion between ordinary Chinese and global human rights scholars and activists. That is why we invited five other Chinese citizens to speak at this event. They are Yu Weiliang, Wei Chenyu, Zhu Zhuyong, Wang Yujun and Zhou Yong. They introduced the current situation of human rights in China as they understood it.
The atmosphere was harmonious, welcoming and free-flowing from start to finish. The Chinese audience came from all over the UK. They were from all parts of the UK, regardless of party affiliation, faith or profession. They all had a common goal, which was to care for and promote human rights in China. Many of the Chinese audience signed up with the moderator at the end of the forum to speak on stage next time. They said that in the UK, they can tell the truth and express their views freely without fear.
Contributed by Huang Hua, China Studies
1 October 2024
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