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Tank Man reenactment in Trafalgar Square in London to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and to remember the victims of the massacre which took place on 4 June 1989. 2014年伦敦Trafalgar广场快闪再现坦克人，纪念 #八九民主运动 #六四...

Qian Hui （钱辉），student in the Reporting and Editing Department at the Beijing Broadcasting College, scheduled to graduate in 1989，marched along Beijing streets, to protest against Martial Law on 1 June. In the early morning of June 5...

Students from Central College for Nationalities protested against Martial Law. Tibetan students from the Central University for Nationalities marched along Beijing streets. One of their flags had the slogan "human rights, freedom...

Crackdown Before Tiananmen Anniversary: A partial list of disappeared individuals, at least 60 People Detained, Disappeared or Summoned http://chrdnet.com/2014/05/ chrb-crackdown-before-64- anniversary-50-people- detained-disappeared...

Lin Renfu (林仁富), Doctoral candidate in the Materials Department of Beijing Science and Technology University, scheduled to graduate in 1989. In the early hours of June 4, 1989, Lin and his schoolmate Wang Kuanbao withdrew from...

#八九六四 #89june4 #89june425 #TAM25 25年前的今天（5月30日）北大三角地大字报：〈四十年了，究竟谁制造动乱？〉：反右运动，大跃进大饥荒，十年文革，八三年冤假错案，八七年反资产阶级自由化，八八年闯物价关，这些动乱不是学生或人民造成的，而是当权者造成的。 #89june4 #八九民主运动 #89june425 #TAM25 北大三角地大字报〈评“老人政治”与“极权主义”的政治双簧〉：在当代中国，老人政治和极权主义两具政治殭屍联袂而行...

Guo Anmin (虢安民), student in the Jet Propulsion Machinery Department of the Beijing Aviation and Aerospace University, scheduled to graduate in 1989. Guo was shot in the head in the early morning of June 4, 1989. He died instantly, with...

#八九六四 #八九六四二五 #89june4 #八九民主运动 #89june425 #TAM25 25年前的今天（5月29日）法院原计划对已经被逮捕的汽车司机易京瑶开庭审理，当局指控他“煽动（首钢）工人罢工，乱喊口号，严重扰乱社会秩序。北京高校数百学生在法院外抗议当局对工人的迫害，法院改变开庭日期。#八九六四 #八九六四二五 #89june4 #八九民主运动 #89june425 #TAM25 25年前的今天（5月29日）首都工人自治联合会筹委会委员沈银汉、钱玉明...

"Reclaiming Tiananmen" is a series of events to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and to remember the victims of the massacre which took place on 4 June 1989. Hosted and organised by Amnesty International...

Lu Peng (吕鹏), third-grade pupil in Beijing Shunchenggen Primary School. At around midnight of June 3, 1989, Lu was shot in the chest by the martial law troops near the Fuxingmen overpass. He died instantly. His body was paraded on the...

Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation called for "empty campus". Students went back to hometown which was created one of multi-centres of the Movement.empty campus" was one of modes of civil resistance. #八九六四 #八九六四二五 #89june4 #八九民主运动...

Liu Jianhua (刘建国) , salesman in the marketing department of the Great Wall Raincoat Company. At around 12 midnight on June 3, 1989, Liu was hit in the chest by a bullet at the entrance to Xidan. He was taken to Erlong Hospital, but...

Hundreds of motorcyclists, calling themselves the "Flying Tigers," circulated the city outskirts as scouts and information carriers. Truck and bus drivers parked their vehicles in front of the military convoys since the Martial Law...

Li Wangyang (李旺阳, 12 November 1950 – 6 June 2012) , worker in a glass factory in Shaoyang, Hunan, published a underground publication, set up a labour union during the Democracy Wall (1978-83). He co-organized the Workers Autonomous...

Independent worker organizations emerged in over 100 cities. They had a real capacity to help articulate the workers through the initiative of the students. # 八九六四 # 八九六四二五 # 89june4 25年前的今天（5月26日）：组织工人自治会的浪潮席卷上百个城市。工自联坚定支持民主运动...

Zhong Qing (钟 庆), Student of the Precision Equipment Department at Qinghua University. On the night of June 3, 1989, Zhong was shot in the head at Muxudi. Half of his face was blown off and his body was identified because of a school...

#八九六四 #89june4 25年前的今天（5月25日）北京数以10万计的学生和各界人士在长安街和天安门广场游行，主要标语口号有“立即召开人大紧急会议”、“罢免李鹏”等, 游行队伍中有来自20多个省数百所高校的外地学生。 Premier Li calls on the troops to "overcome difficulties and carry out martial law." students and residents in Beiing...

Contents Arbitrary Detention Labor Organizer Detained for 1 Year Without Sentence Activist-turned- Buddhist Priest Among 5 Detained for “Inciting Subversion” Updates on Detained Lawyers; More Individuals Locked Up Arbitrary Detention...

Liu Hong (刘 弘), postgraduate student of environmental studies at Qinghua University. In the early hours of June 4, 1989, Liu was shot in the abdomen at Qianmen. His intestines squeezed out and his schoolmates pressed them in and...

Today in 1989: students and residents in main cities protested against martial law. # 八九六四 # 八九六四二五 # 89june4 # 八九民主运动 25年前的今天（5月24日）北京和主要省会城市学生和市民继续上街游行，要求召开人大，罢免李鹏，推进民主，解除戒严。 # 89june425 http:// twitpic.com/e4jp37