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33 years of Tiananmen massacre: China's brutal crackdown on its own people
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 12 (ANI): On the night of June 3, 1989, China's military crackdown on students protesting for democratic reforms in various major cities across China led to a massacre of reportedly thousands of unarmed citizens on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, revealing the brutality o
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CCP attempting to erase memories of Tiananmen Square massacre: Report
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 9 (ANI): Asserting that the recollection of the Tiananmen Sqaure massacre still haunts the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a media report said that the party is making attempts to erase the memory of the ruthless political crackdown from public memory.
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Tiananmen Square massacre reveals violent nature of Chinese politics
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 9 (ANI): The Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 offered a glimpse into the violent nature of Chinese politics under the Communist Party of China (CPC).
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China attempts to silence its critics within country or abroad
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 7 (ANI): Chinese political dissident Yan Xiong, who last fall announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York, was reportedly stalked, harassed, and intimidated by the secret police of China.
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Tiananmen activist, lawyer stabbed to death by client in US
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [US], March 17 (ANI): A New York-based lawyer, popularly known as the key participant in the pro-democracy protests at Tiananmen Square in 1989, Jim Li was stabbed to death by a client after his decision to stop working with her.
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Hong Kong University covers up Tiananmen Square Memorial
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, January 30 (ANI): The University of Hong Kong (HKU), the city's oldest university covered up one of the last public memorials to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on Saturday.
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Arrest of pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong serious concern, says rights
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 13 (ANI): The arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung, on charges of "incitement to subversion" and being a foreign agent, is a source of "deep concern", UN independent human rights experts said on Tuesday.
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University of Hong Kong orders removal of Tiananmen Massacre statue Pillar
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 9 (ANI): The now-disbanded organiser of Hong Kong's Tiananmen Massacre vigil has been approached by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) to remove the Pillar of Shame, an artwork that pays tribute to victims of Beijing's 1989 crackdown from its campus, said a media report.
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Broadening internet curbs block online Tiananmen museum in Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 2 (ANI): In the latest regression for Internet freedom, access to an online museum commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre appeared to be blocked in Hong Kong, a media report said on Thursday.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy organisers of June 4 vigil to disband amid governm
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 26 (ANI): A Hong Kong pro-democracy group that used to organise the annual June 4 vigils for victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident has decided to disband amid intensifying government crackdown.
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Hong Kong Police arrest 4 activists behind banned Tiananmen Square vigil:
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 8 (ANI): Hong Kong Police have arrested four key members of the pro-democracy group behind the city's annual Tiananmen Massacre vigil.
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Hong Kong's Tiananmen massacre museum reopens online
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 5 (ANI): A Hong Kong museum that commemorates the victims of China's 1989 crackdown on protesters at Tiananmen Square re-opened online on Wednesday months after it was forced to shut down.
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