Tiananmen’s ‘Most Wanted’: Four inspiring activists remember the crackdown – Part One

2 June 2014

 


قُتل أو جُرح المئات، إن لم يكن الآلاف، ليلتي 3 و4 يونيو 1989 مع اقتحام الدبابات ميدان تيانانمن قُتل أو جُرح المئات، إن لم يكن الآلاف، ليلتي 3 و4 يونيو 1989 مع اقتحام الدبابات ميدان تيانانمن © Hong Kong Alliance


When you have rows and rows of tanks moving together, the ground shakes. I saw people with bloody shirts; people being carried on rooftops to safety so they could go to hospital. It was not safe on the road with stray bullets flying everywhere.
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‘You Won’t Get Near Tiananmen!’: Hu Jia on the Continuing Crackdown

Ian Johnson

Hu Jia
Hu Jia is one of China’s best-known political activists. He participated in the 1989 Tiananmen protests as a fifteen-year-old, studied economics, and then worked for environmental and public health non-governmental organizations. Continue reading

Remember Writers at Risk this World Book Night

Posted April 15th, 2014 by Cat Lucas & filed under Campaigns.


On 23 April, English PEN will be joining thousands of others in giving away books as part of this year’s World Book Night celebrations. Our Writers at Risk Programme Manager Cat Lucas explains why. Continue reading

Hong Kong holds march to remember Tiananmen

By AP News Jun 02, 2014 2:03PM UTC


Thousands of Hong Kong people march on a downtown street in Hong Kong Sunday. Pic: AP. Continue reading

Hong Kong protesters march ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

By Wilfred Chan, CNN

updated 2:09 AM EDT, Mon June 2, 2014

Protesters marched to Hong Kong’s government headquarters to demand democracy in Hong Kong and China. Protesters marched to Hong Kong’s government headquarters to demand democracy in Hong Kong and China. Continue reading

China tried to erase memories of Tiananmen. But it lives on in the work of dissident artists.

BY WILLIAM WAN May 31

In 2006, Liu Yi began painting in secret faces meant to represent those killed in the 1989 crackdown. For years, he said, he showed the work to no one except his wife and a handful of close friends, not wanting to alienate dealers for his Continue reading

“Secret societies still exist today, but the advent of the Internet has made real secrets much harder to keep.”

Posted: 05/28/2014 7:44 am EDT Updated: 05/28/2014 7:59 am EDT

Freemasons reportedly have a number of secret handshakes that they employ when meeting fellow travelers. Thumbs are pressed against knuckles or wrists in various permutations depending on the greeters’ Continue reading

Tales of Army Discord Show Tiananmen Square in a New Light

By ANDREW JACOBS and CHRIS BUCKLEYJUNE 2, 2014

Residents and soldiers on the street in Beijing on June 6, 1989 after the crackdown on protesters. Credit LIU Heung Shing/Associated Press Continue reading