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Uyghurs and supporters protested outside Chinese Embassy in London on 15 July 2009 The other video Protest images RFA in Chinese
Host: Chinese Salon Type: Meetings – Club/Group Meeting Network: Global Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009 Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm Location: Graduate Union, Mill Lane City/Town: Cambridge, United Kingdom The recent events in Xinjiang has...
The CCP distracted people’s anger under its tyrannical rule by provoking racial hatred between Han Chinese and Uighur. The CCP produced another Massacre in Urumqi immediately after it incited bloody incident against Uighur in Guangdong...
Liu Xiaobo Formally Arrested for “Inciting Subversion of State Power” (Chinese Human Rights Defenders—June 24, 2009) – CHRDlearned today that Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波),signatory of Charter 08 and prominentintellectual, was formally arrested for...
THE LEGACY OF TIANANMEN: 20 YEARS OF OPPRESSION, ACTIVISM AND HOPE THE LEGACY OF TIANANMEN:（2） THE LEGACY OF TIANANMEN:（3）
"My son died for the future of China, thus I can only live for thefuture of China. I hope that there will be no more killings on thisland of tears, no more innocent people dying on the streets. This iswhy I have to wrap up my wound...
Tiananmen Square: Survivors talk 20 years on Dutch TV report
Kate Adie Returns to Tiananmen Square
Three prominent intellectuals – Zhou Duo, Liu Xiaobo and Gao Xin – anda Taiwanese singer – Hou Dejian – began their hunger strike at thesquare, protesting the government's actions. They also criticised thestudents for being...
The government announced new restrictions on foreign reporters. Ifenforced, the restrictions would, in effect, bar reporters from writingany articles on the democracy movement. Banners supporting the government hung outside many major...
Reports indicated that several thousands people manipulated by the local authority in a county in Beijing, held a rally supporting LiPeng. The group shouted "Down with Fang Lizhi" and claimed that FangLizhi was a conspirator. The...
The Goddess of Democracy statue was erected early in the morning andplaced in Tiananmen Square facing the portrait of Mao Zedong hangingfrom Tiananmen. Official news program, in long criticisms, bitterly condemned the newlyerected...
About a hundred thousand people on foot and on bicycles marched throughthe capital to demand more democracy and the resignation of Li Peng.Police and soldiers made no move to interfere. The protest was part ofan "International Chinese...
Fifteen hundred students, most from outside Beijing, remained at thesquare. Many of the students from Beijing started to clean up and packtheir belongings to return home. Some participants called an end to their long protest at...
Tiananmen Square Massacre anniversary events
Martin Jahnke has been found not guilty this afternoon after 2-daytrial at Cambridge Magistrates Court. He thanked everyone who hassupported him and showed his solidarity with those fighting against theChinese dictator. Video: Pictures...
Although the numbers were diminishing, about twenty thousand studentdemonstrators – many of them from outside the Beijing area – continuedto occupy Tiananmen Square throughout the day. Many left at nightfall. In an attempt to build up...
Army troops continued to withdraw from the outskirts of the capital. While ten of thousands continued to rally in Tiananmen Square,approximately a hundred thousand workers and students held newdemonstrations throughout Beijing city to...
Three men who said they were from Hunan province (Mao Zedong'sbirthplace) defaced Mao's portrait on Tiananmen Square by splatteringpaint and eggs on it. The portrait was quickly covered. Many studentswere infuriated with the defacement...
(Chinese Human Rights Defenders – May 25, 2009)—CHRD learnedtoday that law firms employing some of the most vocal human rights lawyers inChina have been pressed by the local authorities to “fail” the lawyers in theannual evaluation of...