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May 24 2014 10:09PM
Today in 1989: students and residents in Beiing protested against martial law.

#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...

May 24 2014 4:05PM
[CHRB] Under Criminal Detention: Labor Activist, Buddhist Priest & Rights Lawyers (5/16-22, 2014)

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...

May 23 2014 11:29PM
1989 Protester's Profile: Liu Hong (刘 弘)

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...

May 23 2014 11:28PM
Today in 1989: students and residents in main cities protested against martial law.

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

May 22 2014 10:53PM
1989 Participant's Profile: Qian Jin (钱 缙)

Qian Jin (钱 缙), student of Beijing's Economics and Trade University. On the night of June 3, 1989, at about 10:00 p.m., Qian was returning home by bicycle with a classmate surnamed Yuan. They had just turned into Beifengwo Road having...