#TiananmenMothers
Pompeo meets Tiananmen Mothers via online conference
Office of Global Women’s Issues posted on Twitter that Pompeo had an online meeting with Tiananmen mothers. The tweet says, “When the crowds disappear, it is the families who keep the memories of their loved ones alive. The #Tiananmen Mothers have carried that torch for 31 years, ensuring the world has never forgotten the sacrifice of so many in the face of tyranny. We honor you. #TiananmenVigil #IWOC”
Pompeo, who posted several tweets about the Tiananmen massacre, tweeted this Tuesday (Jun 2) to criticise China for stopping the June Forth Vigil in Hong Kong with the excuse of the pandemic. He commented, “Beijing clearly wants to stop Hong Kong people from voicing out, making them the same as mainlanders. Two systems is over.”
Source: Apple Daily
#Jun4 #JuneForth #JuneForthVigil #Pompeo
Pompeo meets Tiananmen Mothers via online conference
Office of Global Women’s Issues posted on Twitter that Pompeo had an online meeting with Tiananmen mothers. The tweet says, “When the crowds disappear, it is the families who keep the memories of their loved ones alive. The #Tiananmen Mothers have carried that torch for 31 years, ensuring the world has never forgotten the sacrifice of so many in the face of tyranny. We honor you. #TiananmenVigil #IWOC”
Pompeo, who posted several tweets about the Tiananmen massacre, tweeted this Tuesday (Jun 2) to criticise China for stopping the June Forth Vigil in Hong Kong with the excuse of the pandemic. He commented, “Beijing clearly wants to stop Hong Kong people from voicing out, making them the same as mainlanders. Two systems is over.”
Source: Apple Daily
#Jun4 #JuneForth #JuneForthVigil #Pompeo
#SocialMedia #Censorship
#LINE Reportedly Forbids the Mentioning of "Tiananmen Incident"
According to a Japanese netizen, the instant text messanger LINE bans the phrase "Tiananmen Incident" in its memo function "Keep".
The Tiananmen Incident generally refers to the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4, 1989 in Beijing.
The original post in Twitter was, however, removed.
Source: Internet #Mar23
https://twitter.com/SKYTAN_DAYO/status/1374645384908259331
https://www.facebook.com/100034668333390/posts/492584131907194/?d=n
#June4th #Tiananmen
#LINE Reportedly Forbids the Mentioning of "Tiananmen Incident"
According to a Japanese netizen, the instant text messanger LINE bans the phrase "Tiananmen Incident" in its memo function "Keep".
The Tiananmen Incident generally refers to the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4, 1989 in Beijing.
The original post in Twitter was, however, removed.
Source: Internet #Mar23
https://twitter.com/SKYTAN_DAYO/status/1374645384908259331
https://www.facebook.com/100034668333390/posts/492584131907194/?d=n
#June4th #Tiananmen
Tankie Man: The Pro-Democracy Hong Kongers Standing Up to Western Communists
When a still unidentified man stepped in front of a line of tanks that were leaving Tiananmen Square the day after the massacre that killed around 1,000 student protesters, it was at the risk of his life. The same cannot be said for modern day pro-democracy activists, who are standing up to modern day tankies — that’s Western, often young, supporters of communist, authoritarian regimes — considering most of the battling is taking place online.
Source: The Diplomat #Mar29
https://thediplomat.com/2021/03/tankie-man-the-pro-democracy-hong-kongers-standing-up-to-western-communists/
#Democracy #HongKonger #Tiananmen
When a still unidentified man stepped in front of a line of tanks that were leaving Tiananmen Square the day after the massacre that killed around 1,000 student protesters, it was at the risk of his life. The same cannot be said for modern day pro-democracy activists, who are standing up to modern day tankies — that’s Western, often young, supporters of communist, authoritarian regimes — considering most of the battling is taking place online.
Source: The Diplomat #Mar29
https://thediplomat.com/2021/03/tankie-man-the-pro-democracy-hong-kongers-standing-up-to-western-communists/
#Democracy #HongKonger #Tiananmen
China Planning 'Unprecedented' Tiananmen Memorial Crackdown: Report
Beijing will take "unprecedented heavy-handed measures" to crack down on next month's vigil in Hong Kong to mark the Tiananmen Square massacre, a Beijing-friendly local outlet said Tuesday.
The annual gathering in Victoria Park—banned on health grounds for a second year running—is a "minefield" for those planning to attend on June 4, according to online news portal HK01. It will be the first memorial since China's sweeping Hong Kong national security law came into effect on June 30 last year.
Source: Newsweek #May15
https://www.newsweek.com/china-planning-unprecedented-tiananmen-crackdown-hong-kong-report-1592366
#China #Unprecedented #Tiananmen #Crackdown #Beijing
Beijing will take "unprecedented heavy-handed measures" to crack down on next month's vigil in Hong Kong to mark the Tiananmen Square massacre, a Beijing-friendly local outlet said Tuesday.
The annual gathering in Victoria Park—banned on health grounds for a second year running—is a "minefield" for those planning to attend on June 4, according to online news portal HK01. It will be the first memorial since China's sweeping Hong Kong national security law came into effect on June 30 last year.
Source: Newsweek #May15
https://www.newsweek.com/china-planning-unprecedented-tiananmen-crackdown-hong-kong-report-1592366
#China #Unprecedented #Tiananmen #Crackdown #Beijing
‘No political story allowed’: Hong Kong broadcaster falls silent on sensitive subjects
Normally at this time of year Hong Kong media are bustling to prepare coverage of Friday’s anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre which, before Covid restrictions hit, usually included a huge vigil in Victoria Park. The event is illegal in China but had been proudly held in Hong Kong for decades.
But this year journalists at the respected public broadcaster RTHK say they’ve been told to stand down.
“We were informed that no political story is allowed,” says Emily*, an RTHK employee who, along with others interviewed for this article, asked for anonymity to speak freely. “We think it’s kind of funny because what isn’t a political story now?”
Source: The Guardian#Jun02
https://t.co/DenN3kyFjV
#Political #HongKong #Sensitive #Tiananmen #Covid19
Normally at this time of year Hong Kong media are bustling to prepare coverage of Friday’s anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre which, before Covid restrictions hit, usually included a huge vigil in Victoria Park. The event is illegal in China but had been proudly held in Hong Kong for decades.
But this year journalists at the respected public broadcaster RTHK say they’ve been told to stand down.
“We were informed that no political story is allowed,” says Emily*, an RTHK employee who, along with others interviewed for this article, asked for anonymity to speak freely. “We think it’s kind of funny because what isn’t a political story now?”
Source: The Guardian#Jun02
https://t.co/DenN3kyFjV
#Political #HongKong #Sensitive #Tiananmen #Covid19
#Censorship #ChinessInternet
#SocialMedia account of #China's #Xiaohongshu goes dark after #Tiananmen anniversary post
//A social media account for popular Chinese e-commerce site Xiaohongshu, or "Little Red Book," was unavailable on Sunday, after it issued a post on Friday, the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy activists in #TiananmenSquare, a highly sensitive date in China.
The Friday post on its account on China's #Weibo said, "Tell me loud: what's the date today?", according to a screenshot seen by Reuters.
That post was quickly deleted by Xiaohongshu, according to a person familiar with the matter, who declined to be named given its sensitivity.
The company, backed by Chinese internet giants Alibaba (9988.HK) and Tencent (0700.HK), did not immediately reply to a request for comment...//
Source: Reuters #Jun6
http://www.reuters.com/world/china/social-media-account-chinas-xiaohongshu-goes-dark-after-tiananmen-anniversary-2021-06-06/
#SocialMedia account of #China's #Xiaohongshu goes dark after #Tiananmen anniversary post
//A social media account for popular Chinese e-commerce site Xiaohongshu, or "Little Red Book," was unavailable on Sunday, after it issued a post on Friday, the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy activists in #TiananmenSquare, a highly sensitive date in China.
The Friday post on its account on China's #Weibo said, "Tell me loud: what's the date today?", according to a screenshot seen by Reuters.
That post was quickly deleted by Xiaohongshu, according to a person familiar with the matter, who declined to be named given its sensitivity.
The company, backed by Chinese internet giants Alibaba (9988.HK) and Tencent (0700.HK), did not immediately reply to a request for comment...//
Source: Reuters #Jun6
http://www.reuters.com/world/china/social-media-account-chinas-xiaohongshu-goes-dark-after-tiananmen-anniversary-2021-06-06/
Film director prepares to mark Tiananmen Square anniversary in B.C. after fleeing Hong Kong home
Award-winning Hong Kong filmmaker Jevons Au left his home for Canada last summer in fear of the national security law China imposed on the region in July 2020.
On Friday evening at 8 p.m. PT, Au will join dozens of other people from B.C.'s Lower Mainland at the Chinese consulate in Vancouver to commemorate those who lost their lives in the military crackdown against democracy protesters in Beijing's Tianammen Square — a vigil, he says, he's been keeping since he was in Grade 2 when he first learned of the tragedy.
"We have to remember those who fight for the freedom or democracy for the Chinese people, and their sacrifice," said Au, who now lives in Surrey, B.C., near Vancouver.
Source: CBC #Jun05
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/hong-kong-filmmaker-jevons-au-tiananmen-anniversary-1.6051407
#Tiananmen #Anniversary #Filmmaker #JevonsAu #Canada
Award-winning Hong Kong filmmaker Jevons Au left his home for Canada last summer in fear of the national security law China imposed on the region in July 2020.
On Friday evening at 8 p.m. PT, Au will join dozens of other people from B.C.'s Lower Mainland at the Chinese consulate in Vancouver to commemorate those who lost their lives in the military crackdown against democracy protesters in Beijing's Tianammen Square — a vigil, he says, he's been keeping since he was in Grade 2 when he first learned of the tragedy.
"We have to remember those who fight for the freedom or democracy for the Chinese people, and their sacrifice," said Au, who now lives in Surrey, B.C., near Vancouver.
Source: CBC #Jun05
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/hong-kong-filmmaker-jevons-au-tiananmen-anniversary-1.6051407
#Tiananmen #Anniversary #Filmmaker #JevonsAu #Canada
Blinken: "Tiananmen" is a Synonym of China's brutal actions, the protest at the time echoes Hongkongers' struggle today
On the 32nd Anniversary of the June 4th Massacre, the US Secretary of State Blinken issues a statement saying that Tiananmen had already been a synonym of brutal actions by the Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1989. He also describes the Tiananmen demonstrations in 1989 echoing the struggles for democracy and freedom in Hong Kong.
The statement said that the people at the Tiananmen Square by then had a noble and simple request: Recognize and respect the human rights. Blinken criticises the PRC authorities for failing to meet the people's request and responded it with violence. He said that the courage of the protesters on the June 4th incident reminds him never stop seeking transparency on the events of that day, including a full accounting of all those killed, detained, or missing. He also pointed out that the Tiananmen demonstrations echoes the struggles for democracy and freedom in Hong Kong, where a planned vigil to commemorate the event was banned by local authorities.
He emphasises that the US will continue to stand with the people of China as they demand their government to respect universal human rights.
Source: Stand News #Jun04
https://bit.ly/3wO2QeQ
#US #China #Tiananmen #Blinken #HumanRights #Tyranny #June4 #Freedom #Democracy
On the 32nd Anniversary of the June 4th Massacre, the US Secretary of State Blinken issues a statement saying that Tiananmen had already been a synonym of brutal actions by the Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1989. He also describes the Tiananmen demonstrations in 1989 echoing the struggles for democracy and freedom in Hong Kong.
The statement said that the people at the Tiananmen Square by then had a noble and simple request: Recognize and respect the human rights. Blinken criticises the PRC authorities for failing to meet the people's request and responded it with violence. He said that the courage of the protesters on the June 4th incident reminds him never stop seeking transparency on the events of that day, including a full accounting of all those killed, detained, or missing. He also pointed out that the Tiananmen demonstrations echoes the struggles for democracy and freedom in Hong Kong, where a planned vigil to commemorate the event was banned by local authorities.
He emphasises that the US will continue to stand with the people of China as they demand their government to respect universal human rights.
Source: Stand News #Jun04
https://bit.ly/3wO2QeQ
#US #China #Tiananmen #Blinken #HumanRights #Tyranny #June4 #Freedom #Democracy
#PoliceState
Hong Kong Alliance Chairpersons Charged with "Inciting Subversion of State"
On September 10, 2021, the Department of Justice (#DoJ) in Hong Kong laid charges of "Inciting subversion of state power" against the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, as well as its chairperson #LeeCheukYan, and co-chairs #AlbertHo and #ChowHangTung.
The Alliance was informed of the charges via the Hong Kong police, whose National Security department had yesterday carried off a large number of items from the Alliance's June 4 museum as evidence.
The case was brought to court on September 10, 2021. The court denied Chow's application for bail, while Lee and Ho have been detained for long under other charges relating to the pro-democracy movement.
[Editor's note: The same charge of "inciting subversion" were used by China against activists of the 1989 Tiananmen protests, which the Alliance commemorated in a candlelight vigil every year. It had not been applicable to Hong Kong until the introduction of the #NationalSecurityLaw in 2020.]
Source: NowTV; Stand News; Hong Kong Free Press #Sept10
https://thestandnews.page.link/zWbkF1EKaJhzPZJh6
https://www.facebook.com/hongkongfp/posts/4345088285578263
#June4 #Museum #WhiteTerror #WhiteWash #PoliticalSuppression #Intimidation #Regime #Tiananmen
Hong Kong Alliance Chairpersons Charged with "Inciting Subversion of State"
On September 10, 2021, the Department of Justice (#DoJ) in Hong Kong laid charges of "Inciting subversion of state power" against the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, as well as its chairperson #LeeCheukYan, and co-chairs #AlbertHo and #ChowHangTung.
The Alliance was informed of the charges via the Hong Kong police, whose National Security department had yesterday carried off a large number of items from the Alliance's June 4 museum as evidence.
The case was brought to court on September 10, 2021. The court denied Chow's application for bail, while Lee and Ho have been detained for long under other charges relating to the pro-democracy movement.
[Editor's note: The same charge of "inciting subversion" were used by China against activists of the 1989 Tiananmen protests, which the Alliance commemorated in a candlelight vigil every year. It had not been applicable to Hong Kong until the introduction of the #NationalSecurityLaw in 2020.]
Source: NowTV; Stand News; Hong Kong Free Press #Sept10
https://thestandnews.page.link/zWbkF1EKaJhzPZJh6
https://www.facebook.com/hongkongfp/posts/4345088285578263
#June4 #Museum #WhiteTerror #WhiteWash #PoliticalSuppression #Intimidation #Regime #Tiananmen
#WhiteTerror
Rumour swirls that University of Hong Kong attempts to remove "#PillarofShame" from its campus
A Hong Kong media revealed in recent days that the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) plans to remove the Pillar of Shame, an artwork which pays tribute to victims of June 4 Tiananmen massacre in Beijing in 1989, from its campus.
The university declined to comment, although the spokesperson stressed that the university will regularly conduct campus-wide risk assessment.
Richard Tsoi, who was vice-chairman of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, urged the university to allow the display of statue as in past 20 years.
Tsoi saw no reason for authorities to make change to its current practice.
A year 4 student, Leung, came to take picture of the statue after the news swirled. Leung claimed that the authority would be in delusion to think that by removing the statue, it could also remove people's memory of the Tiananmun Massacre in China in 1989.
Leung, however, admitted that he is pessimistic that no one would defend the statue from being removed from the campus, amidst national security law and tightened CCP grip cracking down freedom in Hong Kong.
The Pillar of Shame, an eight-metre tall statue of twisted bodies created by Danish artist #JensAlschiøt, has stood at the university for 24 years.
Galschiøt was shocked to learnt the University attempts to remove the statue. He said removing the statue is
blasphemous to victims of the incident and unethical.
Source: Stand News; #Oct2
https://thestandnews.page.link/zBwQn9r8E14fpqyK9
#ArtWork #June4 #Tiananmen #Regime #University
Rumour swirls that University of Hong Kong attempts to remove "#PillarofShame" from its campus
A Hong Kong media revealed in recent days that the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) plans to remove the Pillar of Shame, an artwork which pays tribute to victims of June 4 Tiananmen massacre in Beijing in 1989, from its campus.
The university declined to comment, although the spokesperson stressed that the university will regularly conduct campus-wide risk assessment.
Richard Tsoi, who was vice-chairman of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, urged the university to allow the display of statue as in past 20 years.
Tsoi saw no reason for authorities to make change to its current practice.
A year 4 student, Leung, came to take picture of the statue after the news swirled. Leung claimed that the authority would be in delusion to think that by removing the statue, it could also remove people's memory of the Tiananmun Massacre in China in 1989.
Leung, however, admitted that he is pessimistic that no one would defend the statue from being removed from the campus, amidst national security law and tightened CCP grip cracking down freedom in Hong Kong.
The Pillar of Shame, an eight-metre tall statue of twisted bodies created by Danish artist #JensAlschiøt, has stood at the university for 24 years.
Galschiøt was shocked to learnt the University attempts to remove the statue. He said removing the statue is
blasphemous to victims of the incident and unethical.
Source: Stand News; #Oct2
https://thestandnews.page.link/zBwQn9r8E14fpqyK9
#ArtWork #June4 #Tiananmen #Regime #University
Sculptor of dismantled Tiananmen statue says damage symbolic of Hong Kong struggle
The sculptor of a statue commemorating the victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown said on Friday that its removal from a Hong Kong university was "brutal" but any damage would be symbolic of recent changes in the city under Chinese rule.
The eight-metre (26-foot) sculpture of anguished human torsos was one of the few remaining public memorials in the former British colony to remember the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters - a taboo topic in mainland China, where it cannot be publicly commemorated.
Source: Reuters #Dec25
https://reut.rs/32ApwFS
#HKU #Tiananmen #Democracy #Protester #Taboo #China
The sculptor of a statue commemorating the victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown said on Friday that its removal from a Hong Kong university was "brutal" but any damage would be symbolic of recent changes in the city under Chinese rule.
The eight-metre (26-foot) sculpture of anguished human torsos was one of the few remaining public memorials in the former British colony to remember the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters - a taboo topic in mainland China, where it cannot be publicly commemorated.
Source: Reuters #Dec25
https://reut.rs/32ApwFS
#HKU #Tiananmen #Democracy #Protester #Taboo #China
Two more Tiananmen monuments removed from Hong Kong universities
Two more Hong Kong universities removed on Friday public monuments to the 1989 Tiananmen protests in Beijing, following the dismantling of a sculpture commemorating victims of the crackdown at another university this week.
The removals at Chinese University and Lingnan University in the global financial hub came as authorities have been clamping down under a national security law imposed by China.
Human rights activists say the law is being used to suppress civil society, jail democracy campaigners and curb basic freedoms, but authorities say the security laws have restored stability after mass protests in 2019.
Source: Reuters #Dec25
https://reut.rs/3qkOcuo
#HKU #Tiananmen #Democracy #Protester #Taboo #China
Two more Hong Kong universities removed on Friday public monuments to the 1989 Tiananmen protests in Beijing, following the dismantling of a sculpture commemorating victims of the crackdown at another university this week.
The removals at Chinese University and Lingnan University in the global financial hub came as authorities have been clamping down under a national security law imposed by China.
Human rights activists say the law is being used to suppress civil society, jail democracy campaigners and curb basic freedoms, but authorities say the security laws have restored stability after mass protests in 2019.
Source: Reuters #Dec25
https://reut.rs/3qkOcuo
#HKU #Tiananmen #Democracy #Protester #Taboo #China