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Tiananmen at 25: The Weekly Reading Round-Up

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Maura Cunningham
As the June Fourth anniversary grows closer, security measures in China continue to tighten. The anniversary’s approach has also coincided with a spate of terrorist acts in China’s western region of Xinjiang, where explosive devices detonated in a market on Thursday morning killed 31 people and injured nearly 100 more. In Shanghai, a visit by Russian president Vladimir Continue reading

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

Democracy Award for Liu Xiaobo And Xu Zhiyong

 

Xiao and Xu(1)Above: Liu Xiaobo(left), and Xu Zhiyong, both imprisoned human rights activists in China, will receive the 2014 Democracy Award.

The Democracy Award is given annually by the National Endowment for Democracy’s Board of Directors to recognize the courageous and creative work of individuals and 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

The 2014 Democracy Award: Imprisoned Chinese activists Liu Xiabo and Xu Zhiyong honored for their work with the 2014 Democracy awards

MAY 29, 2014

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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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