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
Restrictions, Detentions, and Disappearances before June 4, 2014已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Gao Yu, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen, Xu Youyu
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
Individuals Affected by Government Crackdown Around 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Gao Yu, Hu Shigen, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen, Xu Youyu
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
Tiananmen’s Wang Dan to Beijing: Democracy, or die已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
By Bloomberg News May 27, 2014 5:00 PM ET
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
Escape From Tiananmen: How Secret Plan Freed Protesters已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged June 4th, Tiananmen, Wuer Kaixi
As of May 22, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).
TAM
Image from “the world besieges the fortress” campaign.
Tiananmen: Some keywords related to June 4th are forever Continue reading
Sensitive Words: Tiananmen, Bo Xilai, More已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom, June 4th, Sensitive Words, Tiananmen
By ANDREW JACOBS MAY 27, 2014
A police officer guarded a Mao Zedong portrait at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Credit Petar Kujundzic/Reuters
BEIJING — Even by the standards of the clampdowns that Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Gao Yu, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
May 28, 2014 12:49 pm
By Lucy Hornby in Beijing
The Nikkei Japanese news agency was on Wednesday formally notified of the detention of its Chinese news assistant two weeks after she was taken from her home by Chinese security agents.
The detention is part of a pattern of arrests of civil rights activists Continue reading
China detains Nikkei journalist ahead of Tiananmen anniversary已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen, Xin Jian
(Ng Han Guan/ Associated Press ) – In this photo taken Wednesday, April 10, 2013, Chinese dissident Hu Jia talks on his phone during a meeting at a restaurant in Beijing, China. In prosecuting the country’s political and social activists, an image-conscious Beijing is shifting its tactics. Continue reading
China hits activists with common-crime charges已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Hu Jia, Human Rights Activists
