Category Archives: June 4th Commemoration

China: Censors work overtime for Tiananmen anniversary

 

“Keep quiet and carry on” is the slogan that can best describe China’s take on the approaching 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Continue reading

MURONG XUECUN:I, Too, Will Stand Up for Tiananmen

MAY 22, 2014

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By MURONG XUECUN

SYDNEY, Australia — On May 6 three of my friends were arrested in Beijing on Continue reading

Alert: More Lawyers & Activists Criminally Detained or Disappeared in Run-up to Tiananmen Anniversary

May 19, 2014 • 6:11 pm
Six Arbitrary Detentions in Guangzhou, Shanghai & Beijing

(The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders – May 19, 2014) – The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, a coalition of Chinese and international human rights NGOs, has been informed by Rights Defense Network (Weiquanwang) that more lawyers and activists—six individuals in Continue reading

China detains some 50 dissidents ahead of 1989 Tiananmen Square anniversary

 

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(TibetanReview.net, May21, 2014) – China has arrested, detained or held away from home against their will some 50 dissidents since early this month ahead of the anniversary of the Jun 3-4, 1989 Tiananmen Square bloodbath, Continue reading

Campaign to Smother Tiananmen Anniversary Continues

Rights lawyers Tang Jingling and Liu Shihui are among the latest to be detained as the government seeks to suppress commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown’s 25th anniversary next month. From AP’s Didi Tang:

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A child of Tiananmen – young activist campaigns for her father’s release from jail

20 May 2014

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Ti-Anna’s father, Wang Bingzhang, who is currently in prison in China, named her after Tiananmen Square.Ti-Anna’s father, Wang Bingzhang, who is currently in prison in China, named her after Tiananmen Square.© Ti-Anna Wang.

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Tibet propaganda boss vows to ‘seal’ internet to stop separatists

BEIJING Wed May 14, 2014 7:05am EDT

(Reuters) – Tibet’s top propaganda official vowed to “seal and stifle” the internet in an effort to defang separatist groups in the Himalayan region, China’s cabinet said on Wednesday.

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Tiananmen: How Wrong We Were

By Jonathan Mirsky

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Some of the two hundred thousand pro-democracy student protesters face to face with policemen outside the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, April 22

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