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Tiananmen Anniversary Prompts Campaign of Silence

With the 25th anniversary of the 1989 June 4th crackdown now only a week away, The New York Times’ Andrew Jacobs provides an overview of the tight controls enacted in an effort to shroud the date in silence.

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Restrictions, Detentions, and Disappearances before June 4, 2014

Compiled by HRIC based on published reports and information available online. Last updated on May 22, 2014.

2014

May 20
Taken into temporary custody—Zan Aizong (昝爱宗), writer, Hangzhou, on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” (寻衅滋事). Released after a half-day in detention. Continue reading

Nobel Laureate’s Release from Prison May Hinge on His ‘Regret’

By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW MAY 28, 2014 6:00 PM

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The world has not heard from Liu Xiaobo, its only imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate, for a long time.

Not since his impassioned self-defense in a Beijing court in December 2009, when he declared he had “no enemies and no hatred,” not toward the people who had arrested him, nor the judge who sentenced him on that icy Christmas Day for “incitement to subvert state power” for co-authoring Charter 08, Continue reading

Individuals Affected by Government Crackdown Around 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre

May 29, 2014 • 10:20 pm
Updated 29 May 2014

Two months before the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, authorities in China began detaining, disappearing, questioning, and intimidating Chinese dissidents, human rights lawyers and activists, journalists, and others. Many of the targeted individuals took part in the pro-democracy demonstrations in the spring of 1989. Continue reading

Tibetan Monk Who Fled to India Was ‘Tortured’ in Detention

2014-05-28

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Golog Jigme Gyatso (second from left) speaks to reporters for the first time since his escape at a press Continue reading

Tiananmen’s Wang Dan to Beijing: Democracy, or die

By nealmoore | Posted May 27, 2014 | Taipei, Taiwan 
CNN PRODUCER NOTE neal moore told me, ‘I’ve covered the Chinese dissident beat here in Taipei for the past several years. I reached out to Wang Dan to share his thoughts on the past, present, and future of the protests, Continue reading

Escape From Tiananmen: How Secret Plan Freed Protesters

By Bloomberg News May 27, 2014 5:00 PM ET

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Photographer: Catherine Henriette/AFP via Getty Images
Students from Beijing University stage a demonstration at Tiananmen Square as they start a hunger strike as part of Continue reading

Sensitive Words: Tiananmen, Bo Xilai, More

As of May 22, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).

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Image from “the world besieges the fortress” campaign.

Tiananmen: Some keywords related to June 4th are forever Continue reading