Tag Archives: June 4th

Taiwan Turns Down Asylum Request by 1989 Chinese Democracy Activist

Posted on 08/27/2015 by | Taiwan Turns Down Asylum Request by 1989 Chinese Democracy Activist已关闭评论

By Ka Pa and Wei Ling

2015-08-26

image (1)Rights activist Gong Yujian (R) and former Tiananmen student leader Wu’er Kaixi (L) meet in Taiwan in an undated photo.
(Photo courtesy of Gong Yujian)
UPDATED at 12:42 P.M. EST on 26-08-2015

A veteran Chinese dissident who applied for political asylum in Taiwan during a tourist visit to the democratic island has had his application refused, he told RFA on Wednesday.

Gong Yujian, who served time in a labor camp in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Continue reading →

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Beijing Court Extends Detention of Top Rights Lawyer by Three Months

Posted on 08/22/2015 by | Beijing Court Extends Detention of Top Rights Lawyer by Three Months已关闭评论

2015-08-20

image (48)Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
Photo courtesy of CHRD

Authorities in China’s capital Beijing have again extended the detention of top rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, this time by three months, his attorney confirmed Thursday, adding that Pu has been suffering from health problems during his incarceration.

Pu Zhiqiang, 50, was indicted on May 15 Continue reading →

Beijing Court Extends Detention of Top Rights Lawyer by Three Months已关闭评论

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Veteran Chinese Democracy Activist Seeks Political Asylum in Taiwan

Posted on 08/11/2015 by | Veteran Chinese Democracy Activist Seeks Political Asylum in Taiwan已关闭评论

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Chinese activist Gong Yujian displays a document from his 1994 imprisonment in undated photo.
RFA
A veteran Chinese dissident who served time in labor camp in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre has defected to Taiwan during a tourist visit to the democratic island.

Gong Yujian, who began a life of political activism after being heavily influenced by the 1989 pro-democracy movement in Beijing, said he had made the decision Continue reading →

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Beijing Extends Detention of Top Rights Lawyer Amid Ongoing Crackdown

Posted on 08/04/2015 by | Beijing Extends Detention of Top Rights Lawyer Amid Ongoing Crackdown已关闭评论

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Rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, who has been held on questionable charges since May 2014, in an undated file photo.
AFP

Authorities in the Chinese capital have once more extended the criminal detention of a top rights lawyer, his attorney said, amid an ongoing crackdown on the country’s legal profession.

Pu Zhiqiang, 50, was indicted on May 15 for “incitement to racial hatred” and “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble” after being held in criminal detention for more than a year.

While the move should mean his case now moves to trial, Continue reading →

Beijing Extends Detention of Top Rights Lawyer Amid Ongoing Crackdown已关闭评论

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Fears Grow For Gao Yu Amid Huge Political Pressure

Posted on 07/31/2015 by | Fears Grow For Gao Yu Amid Huge Political Pressure已关闭评论

2015-07-29

718eabe4-7963-4674-a380-76e28aa22b65A file photo of Gao Yu speaking in Hong Kong.
AFP

Fears are growing over the health of veteran Chinese journalist Gao Yu, who is serving a seven-year jail term for “revealing state secrets,” following a recent medical check-up and amid continuing political pressure on her in prison.

Gao, 71, was sentenced by the Beijing No. 3 Intermediate People’s Court in April Continue reading →

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Former 1989 Student Leader Calls On Beijing Allow Him to Attend Mother’s Funeral

Posted on 07/08/2015 by | Former 1989 Student Leader Calls On Beijing Allow Him to Attend Mother’s Funeral已关闭评论

 

2015-07-08

 

c7ce5d0a-6e6b-4ad1-877a-b9e59ea46c8aFormer Tiananmen student protest leader Xiong Yan has called on the ruling Chinese Communist Party to allow him to return home to bury his mother.

Xiong, 50, was briefly detained at Hong Kong’s border with China in April when he tried to visit his then terminally ill mother.

His plight mirrors that of dozens of exiled Continue reading →

Former 1989 Student Leader Calls On Beijing Allow Him to Attend Mother’s Funeral已关闭评论

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The Torchbearers – Participants in the 1989 Democracy Movement Who Are Currently in Prison

Posted on 06/28/2015 by | The Torchbearers – Participants in the 1989 Democracy Movement Who Are Currently in Prison已关闭评论

By Wang Yaqiu, published: June 4, 2015

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

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LIU XIAOBO IN 1989, SECOND FROM RIGHT.

In the spring of 1989, Dr. Liu Xiaobo left Columbia University where he was a visiting scholar and went back to Beijing to take part in the democracy movement. In Tiananmen Square, he became a leader and a mentor, drafting open letters, giving speeches and leading a hunger strike. Continue reading →

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Liao Yiwu: Tamer of Beasts, Tamer of Despots

Posted on 06/27/2015 by | Liao Yiwu: Tamer of Beasts, Tamer of Despots已关闭评论

By Liao Yiwu, translated by Cindy Carter, published: May 24, 2015

My friend Chen Yunfei (陈云飞) has never been of a serious disposition; his mode of dress is, if anything, even less serious. One year on June 4th, the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, he was clad from the waist up in a suit and tie, and from the waist down in a pair of short Continue reading →

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