2015-06-01
Pro-democracy demonstrators march to Beijing’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong, May 31, 2015.
RFA
Many of the hundreds of thousands of people who thronged the streets at the height of Hong Kong’s 79-day Umbrella Movement for universal suffrage Continue reading
For Now, Hong Kong Remains a Focus For Tiananmen Massacre Anniversary已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
BEIJING, CHINA – 1989/06/01: The “Goddess of Democracy” stands tall amid a huge crowd of flag waving pro-democracy demonstrators in front of the Mao Tse Tung portrait in Tiananmen Square. Art students made the polystyrene and plaster statue in the style of the Statue of Liberty to represent their desire for a more democratic rule in Communist China. Once erected in Tiananmen Square this proved to be the last act of defiance by protestors as a few days later government troops brutally suppressed the democratic movement.. (Photo by Peter Charlesworth/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Group of students at universities in UK, US and Australia issue letter urging China’s government to stop ‘covering up’ truth of 1989 protests
Pro-democracy protesters wave flags in front of the Goddess of Democracy statue in Tiananmen Square in June 1989. Photograph: Peter Charlesworth/LightRocket via Getty Images
Emma Graham-Harrison in Beijing
Tuesday 26 May 2015 11.17 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 26 May 2015 19.01 EDT
A group of Chinese students living in western countries have Continue reading
Chinese students in the west call for transparency over Tiananmen Square已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
2015-05-27
Students gather at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, April 22, 1989.
AFP
The ruling Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda department has ordered the country’s tightly controlled online media to delete an editorial hitting back at a recent open letter from overseas Continue reading
China Deletes Editorial Hitting Back at Students’ Tiananmen Letter已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
2015-05-22
Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
Photo courtesy of CHRD
Jailed rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang dismissed charges of “incitement to racial hatred,” and “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble,” Continue reading
Jailed Chinese Rights Lawyer Dismisses ‘Ethnic Hatred,’ ‘Picking Quarrels’ Charges已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th Commemoration, Writers in Prison
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
FILE – Chinese men walk on Tiananmen Square, March 5, 2015.
Shannon Van Sant
May 20, 2015 8:42 AM
HONG KONG—June 4 will mark the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, and as in years past, Hong Kong residents will mark the date with massive Continue reading
Tensions Mount in Hong Kong Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, June 4th Commemoration
2015-05-19
Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
Photo courtesy of CHRD
Authorities in the Chinese capital have released Qu Zhenhong, niece and former defense attorney of jailed rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, Continue reading
China Releases Rights Lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang’s Niece, ‘On Bail’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Writers in Prison
Tagged June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
By CHRIS BUCKLEY MAY 15, 2015
Pu Zhiqiang in 2012. Credit Andy Wong/Associated Press
HONG KONG — One of China’s best-known human rights lawyers, Pu Zhiqiang, will stand trial in Beijing on charges of inciting ethnic hatred and picking quarrels, prosecutors said on Friday. Continue reading
Chinese Rights Lawyer Detained in 2014 Will Stand Trial已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Writers in Prison
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
2015-05-15
Pu Zhiqiang (C), the lawyer for Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, talks to the media at the artist’s studio in Beijing, Nov. 14, 2011.
AFP
Authorities in the Chinese capital on Friday indicted a prominent rights lawyer for Continue reading
China Indicts Top Rights Lawyer on Ethnic Hatred Charge已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Writers in Prison
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
