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May 29 2014 8:10AM
India: Teenage boy and others threatened after torture claims

Being a teenager can be a stressful time in life. What were you worrying about when you were 15? Were you worrying about exams? Friends? Your parents? The future? Whatever the concerns of your teenage years, you probably weren't...

May 28 2014 11:37PM
1989 Participant's Profile: Guo Anmin (虢安民)

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...

May 28 2014 11:25PM
Today in 1989: dozen of workers were arrested

#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...

May 28 2014 3:47PM
I know why the caged bird sings - Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

With the death of Maya Angelou , the world has lost a laureate of liberty. In tribute to Maya, here's her ode to freedom, 'Caged Bird'. A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his...

May 27 2014 11:38PM
Reclaiming Tiananmen (广场属于人民)

"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...