【大纪元7月8日讯】6月28日，英国前资深外交官、前英国驻巴拿马总督瑟罗勋爵（见上图。摄影：欧洲大纪元）在全球反23条联盟英国同盟在中国大使馆前召开的新闻发布会上发表讲话，批评中国人权迫害及胁迫香港23立法，讲话全文如下：
苏联解体后的二十多年以来,欧洲大陆各国纷纷进行专制体制向民主制度的转变,在亚洲，南美和非洲也广受欢迎，可是让全世界遗憾的是，在一个世界各国都希望与其建立友好信赖关系的国家—中国,迈向自由的步伐正在倒退,情况正在恶化。
中国的极权状况在过去的四年里不进反退。相对于中央对经济领域控制的松散，江泽民统治下的政府却对它自己的一亿民众的发起了一场人类史上最大规模的迫害。
十万多人被投入恐怖的奴隶似的劳改营，那里的看守被明确地鼓励无视所有的法律,对法轮功修炼者施与酷刑。成千上万的男士、女士、甚至小孩因为拒绝放弃他们对真，善，忍的信仰，被长期酷刑折磨致死。
近几个月中国改换了最高领导人，但情况并无改善：在某些地区镇压程度加剧。尽管几年前中共当局曾把法轮功作为一种能提高人民素质和身体健康的功法鼓励其发展，镇压后却发动大范围宣传运动在国内国外散布谣言，歪曲事实，诬蔑法轮功会危害社会。
在中国政府的高压下，香港的人权正在面临着逼近的威胁。英政府共同签署的联合声明和基本协定规定了一国两制：香港将继续享有它原有的自由结社，言论和信仰自由的权利。像大多数国家一样，出于保护安全和防止颠覆的目的，最后一任总督提出一条适合的宪法草案,但未被香港立法会接纳从而留下了一个需要填补的空白。
香港政府目前提议填补这项空缺，它的新草案 23 条有几个方面无法被接受，削弱了香港法庭和司法体系确立法律的权利。北京的授意下，任何在中国大陆被禁止的组织也将被香港政府取缔.这违反了联合声明的精神和原则。
英国政府已表示了懮虑并建议重新审议。美国和加拿大政府也提出了抗议，欧洲议会则通过一项决议,反对削弱香港人权。
七月一日香港将举行一场大规模的游行示威，我们呼吁这个国家的人民和媒体表现出他们积极的关注和支持消除对信仰和言论自由威胁的要求。
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英文原文：
SPEECH BY LORD THURLOW 28 JUNE 2003
In the last 20 years there has been a widespread and welcome transition from tyranny to democracy in all the continents in Europe after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, in Asia,in South America and in Africa. But to the regret of the rest of the world there is one spectacular instance of a reversal of the move towards freedom, in the worsening of conditions for the people of China, with whom all countries desire friendly relations of confidence.
China’s police state over the last four years has moved not forwards but backwards. In contrast to the loosening of central controls of industry the Government under Jiang Zemin has carried out the most massive persecution in human history against100 million of its own citizens:
more than 100,000 have been confined in horrific slave labour camps at the mercy of cruel guards explicitly encouraged to ignore all the state laws to perpetrate physical violence against the practitioners of Falun Gong.Thousands of men, women and even children have been murdered after prolonged torture for their refusal to surrender their faith, centred on
truth, compassion and tolerance.
There has been no improvement after the change of top leadership in recent months: in some areas the suppression has intensified. The abuses have been accompanied by a vast propaganda campaign at home and abroad of lies and distortion of facts to misrepresent Falun Gong as a harmful social influence,whereas for several years previously the authorities had encouraged its spread as promoting good citizenship and health.
And now there is an imminent threat under pressure from the Chinese Government to reduce Human Rights in Hong Kong. The Joint Declaration and Basic Agreement signed by the Governments of the United Kingdom and China provided for one country but two systems: It was agreed that Hong Kong would continue to enjoy its traditional rights of freedom association speech and beliefs. There was to be protection of security and against subversion as in most countries and the last British Governor introduced a suitable draft article for the Constitution which the Hong Kong Legislative Council refused to accept, leaving a gap to be filled.
The Hong Kong administration has now proposed to fill the gap but its new draft Article 23 is unacceptable in several respects, undermining the right of the Hong Kong Court and legal system to determine the law. Under prompting from Beijing any organisation banned in the Chinese police state would have to be banned in Hong Kong. This is a breach of the spirit and principles of the Joint Declaration.
The British Government has expressed its concern and asked for reconsideration. The United States and Canadian Governments have also protested and the European Parliament has passed a resolution in opposition to the reduction of Human Rights in Hong Kong.
On the 1st July a vast protest demonstration is due to be held in Hong Kong. We ask that the people of this country and the press and media should show their active concern and support the demand for the removal of the threat to freedom of belief and _expression.
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