Tiananmen Square massacre

Activist erect new version of commemorative statue that Hong Kong university removed last year.

“To remember is to resist,” the prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Teng Biao said. Beijing said the law was necessary to restore stability after anti-government protests in 2019. Officials reject the claim. Since the legislation was introduced, the Hong Kong authorities have targeted people and organisations affiliated with 4 June and events to mark it. Shouts in support of Hong Kong rang out after the statue was erected. A heavy security presence in Hong Kong prevents any sign of protest in the territory.

Keeping in mind the possible demonstration in the country, the Chinese authorities have put a blanket ban on any kind of public commemoration of the event ...

By June 3 and 4, the troops started opening fire on protestors who were around Tiananmen Square. A number of activists were arrested. The hardliners won the debate and martial law was declared in Beijing on May 15, 1989. One faction was for change while the other one wanted to maintain strict state control. The United States has said the bravery of students who made supreme sacrifices in a bid to bring democracy to Communist China. China was in midst of changing its economic policies by allowing private companies and foreign investment to operate in Beijing. Keeping in mind the possible demonstration in the country, the Chinese authorities have put a blanket ban on any kind of public commemoration of the event on the mainland.

Tokyo [Japan], June 4 (ANI): Even as China's clampdown means that the commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Hong Kong ...

The Chinese government has long ignored domestic and international calls for justice for the Tiananmen Massacre, and some of the sanctions that the European Union and the US imposed in response have over the years been weakened or evaded. In March, the US Department of Justice revealed that five people acting as agents of the Chinese government had stalked and harassed US-based critics of the government, including Tiananmen student leader Xiong Yan, who is running for the US House of Representatives. Later in the day, the activists intend to hold a candlelight vigil to remember the thousands who died in Beijing during the early days of June 1989, and countless others who have been at the receiving end of some of the harshest measures by the Chinese authorities.

Taipei, June 4 (CNA) Several hundred people gathered at National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei Saturday evening to remember the victims of the ...

"We as survivors, it is our duty to remember them," he said. In view of this, Galschiøt urged people around the world who were concerned with the human rights situations in China and Hong Kong to "take over" and continue remembering the tragedy. Galschiøt said it was now impossible to have any public commemorative events in Hong Kong because of the Beijing-imposed National Security Law. "This is even banned to have a single light, a candle, candlelight in your hand."

Around 10000 civilians were killed by Chinese soldiers on 3-4 June in crackdown on Tiananmen Square protesters, as per a British estimate.

In the Indian city of Dharmshala, home to Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, activists organised a street theater to mark the Tiananmen anniversary. Taiwan democracy activist Lee Ming-che said, "Taiwan has been commemorating the June 4 massacre before Hong Kong did, and each place (in the rest of the world) that holds this event interprets it in its own ways. Since the British handed over Hong Kong to China in 1997, the city has been governed under a "one country, two systems" framework that promised it liberties not found on the mainland, including freedom of speech and assembly. In Taiwan, a self-ruled island claimed by Beijing as part of its territory, hundreds took part in the vigil. While student leaders said around 3,400 people were killed, a telegram from the then-British ambassador to China Sir Alan Donald said 10,000 people were killed by the Chinese military. For decades, Hong Kong and nearby Macao were the only places in China allowed to commemorate the Tianenman Square Massacre in which Chinese military suppressed student protesters demanding greater democracy. "They succeeded," he said, referring to the government. On the evening of June 3, performance artists commemorated the— Hong Kong Democracy Council (@hkdc_us) #June4 #TiananmenMassacrein Causeway Bay, #HongKong. One was arrested for failure to show ID to police upon demand. Five centuries later, an Indian author won a major literary award in the UK and shared it with her American translator, making it an apt occasion to discuss the status of translation in world literature. "Today, this is to commemorate June 4th. For a majority of publishing houses, both indie and big, translation work has to be subsidised. They were subjected searches and questioning by Chinese police and visuals surfaced on social media.

Police patrolled Hong Kong's Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary of the ...

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Hundreds of officers block off park where mass candlelight vigil was once held annually.

- Target:Up to 60% off - Target Promo Code You may cancel your subscription at anytime by calling Customer Service. Much of the park was barricaded throughout Saturday, but hundreds of people quietly flowed around the park’s perimeter in the evening.

Hundreds of people gathered in Taipei on Saturday to commemorate China's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square 33 ...

Demonstrators gathered Saturday in Tokyo to protest China's crackdown on events marking the anniversary of the June 4, 1989, massacre of pro-democracy ...

Also, in 2020, regional authorities began to ban Hong Kong's annual commemoration of Tiananmen Square, which used to be the largest one worldwide. Many more were injured, and it's been estimated as many as 10,000 were arrested during and after the 1989 protest, according to CNN. Some protesters held up candles and cellphone lights, saying they wanted to "keep the memory alive," but the commemorations in Hong Kong were largely stifled, according to the Financial Times.

Police maintained a heavy presence in Hong Kong's Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of ...

In Taiwan, a self-ruled island claimed by Beijing as part of its territory, hundreds took part in the vigil. It meant Hong Kong and nearby Macao, the other semi-autonomous territory, were allowed to commemorate the 1989 crackdown. "Today, this is to commemorate June 4th. Authorities have cited risks from the coronavirus for banning the public commemoration over the past three years. The move was to "prevent any unauthorized assemblies" in the park and to reduce the possibility of COVID-19 spread. Hundreds, if not thousands, were killed.

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 5 (ANI): Students for Free Tibet (SFT) has organized a 'photo action' protest to commemorate the 33rd ...

That will be the beginning of a new chapter of CCP aggression against the island which, in 1989, played a crucial role in organising the escape for the Tiananmen activists who survived the 1989 massacre. “China’s crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protestors in 1989 is one of the most notorious illustrations of authoritarian repression. Tenzin Pasang, programme coordinator of SFT said: Today is the 33rd anniversary of the massacre that happened in 1989 in Beijing. So we are here doing a solidarity action for them.

The world on Saturday marked the anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre on 3-4 June 1989 in which Chinese military killed thousands of protesters ...

A general view of the Hong Kong's Victoria Park is seen. A British estimate at the time said up to 10,000 people were killed. While China says 200 civilians were killed, student leaders of protest said 3,400 were killed.

Taiwan marked the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in China with a candlelight vigil Saturday evening, where a three-meter-tall replica of ...

They were there because they were standing up for it and they're there because of the duty. Taiwan’s democracy sets a very good example for China,” Fang, who now lives in the U.S., told VOA over the phone. Freedoms and democracy will happen to the Chinese people,” he said. Beijing has buried news about the protests across China and even gone to lengths to put those trying to commemorate the event behind bars, said Chinese historian and participant in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, Wu Renhua. “This is a piece of history, that belongs to a place [in China] where public commemoration is not allowed. Or how can we expect support from other countries should China one day invade Taiwan?” Tseng told VOA at the sideline of the vigil.

Taipei takes on the role of commemoration from Hong Kong as the only Chinese-speaking country to hold vigils.

A small group of Hong Kongers met early at the nearby Chi-nan Presbyterian church, a known haven for Hong Kong protesters. “My friends in Hong Kong were telling me to hold candles for them because they can’t do it ... If [Hong Kongers] have time they should come. Today, it is all but outlawed in Hong Kong, which for 30 years had been the traditional keeper of the vigil. Taiwan is under threat of invasion from Communist party-ruled China, which considers it to be a wayward province bound for inevitable “reunification”, peaceful or otherwise. Roaring at the top of his voice in Mandarin, he spoke about how pro-democracy demonstrators were beaten and killed in Beijing as if it were happening in front of his eyes. On 4 June 1989 Chinese authorities brutally crushed a student-led protest in Tiananmen Square, sending in troops with tanks and guns.

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