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Tiananmen Massacre: Citizens Continue to Press for Truth and Justice Despite Suppression

June 1, 2012 Comments Off

For more than two decades, the Chinese government has pursued a policy of denial and silence regarding the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre: discussion of the massacre is widely censored, and there has been neither an investigation nor an apology. But many Chinese have refused to forget the tragedy despite government suppression (read more…)

Police Detain and Harass Activists on Eve of Tiananmen Anniversary

June 4, 2009 Comments Off

Police Detain and Harass Activists on Eve of Tiananmen Anniversary (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, June 4, 2009) – CHRD has documented the cases of sixty-five activists who have been subjected to harassment from officials in order to prevent them from organizing or taking part in activities commemorating the Tiananmen Massacre. (read more…)

The Legacy of Tiananmen: 20 Years of Oppression, Activism and Hope

June 1, 2009 Comments Off

THE LEGACY OF TIANANMEN: 20 YEARS OF OPPRESSION, ACTIVISM AND HOPE Chinese Human Rights Defenders June 1, 2009 Twenty years since the Tiananmen massacre, the Chinese government refuses to accept responsibility, much less apologize or offer compensation, for killing, injuring, imprisoning and persecuting individuals for participating in peaceful protests. The (read more…)

Beijing Dissident Jiang Qisheng Taken away for Interrogation, Second Time within Two Months

May 15, 2009 Comments Off

Beijing Dissident Jiang Qisheng Taken away for Interrogation, Second Time within Two Months (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, May 15, 2009) At about 5:40 in the afternoon on May 15, officers from the National Security Unit under the Haidian District Public Security Bureau in Beijing summoned and searched the home of (read more…)

Shandong Professor Assaulted for Commemorating Reformist Leader Zhao Ziyang

April 6, 2009 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 6, 2009) – Sun Wenguang (孙文广), a 75-year-old retired Shandong University professor and vocal dissident based in Jinan City, Shandong Province, was severely beaten on April 5 by a group of unidentified men on his way to the local cemetery to commemorate the life of (read more…)

Beijing Dissident Jiang Qisheng Summoned, Home Searched: Police Actions Stepped Up in Advance of Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre

March 31, 2009 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 31, 2009) – This morning, Jiang Qisheng (江棋生), a former 1989 prisoner, dissident writer, and vice-chairman of Independent Chinese PEN, was taken away from his home and interrogated by police. Officers searched his home and confiscated 3 computers, bank cards, many books, notebooks, and manuscripts. (read more…)

Released Tiananmen Prisoner Incarcerated in Psychiatric Institution since Olympics

January 22, 2009 Comments Off

Released Tiananmen Prisoner Incarcerated in Psychiatric Institution since Olympics (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 22, 2009) – CHRD learned today that Wang Lianxi (王连喜), a former worker who was released from prison in 2007 following 18 years of incarceration for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, is incarcerated (read more…)

Nineteen Years on, Tiananmen Protesters Still Languish in Prison

June 3, 2008 Comments Off

Nineteen Years on, Tiananmen Protesters Still Languish in Prison China must end political persecution of participants of the 1989 demonstrations (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, June 3, 2008) – As the 19th anniversary of the crackdown on the Tiananmen demonstrations approaches, at least eight Beijing residents are still imprisoned for participating (read more…)