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Thousands of students in China back in 1989 had a series of peaceful protests and demonstrations calling for political and economic reform. However, the Chinese military hunt students down.
Tiananmen Massacre has its 32nd Anniversary today.

#Neverforget #Neverforgive #June4 #TiananmenMassacre #GoHKgraphics
Forwarded from Hong Kong Democracy Movement (HKDMovement)
32 years ago, thousands of people died for democracy in #China. Their wish is still yet to be fulfilled. And the regime who killed them still reigns.

#TiananmenSquareMassacre
#June4th
#June4
#8964
#Solidarity #GlobalSupport
Commemorating #June4 #TiananmenMassacre in #Japan: “As Candlelight Vigils are banned in HK, we shall pass on the light”

At 7pm oustide Shinjuku City station in Tokyo on June 4, 2021, over 50 people wore black clothes, holding candles and sporting the flag “liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” in the heavy rain.

They explained to passersby about the rationale behind their action. Some said as candlelight vigils are banned in Hong Kong, they shall pass on the light.

Source: United Social Press #Jun4

#NeverForget
#NeverForget #NeverGiveUp
#June9 2019: One Million Hongkongers Protest Against Extradition to China

Two years ago, at least one million Hongkongers took it to the street, opposing the government's plan to implement extradition to China.

The worst fear of the local population has been the loss of right, freedom and the rule of law in the growing presence of China.

The Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (#AntiELAB) Movement thereby began.

Two years on, freedom-loving Hongkongers have been facing unprecedented challenges upon the authorities' crackdown on #CivilSociety and #protest activities, in addition to the forceful imposition of the #NationalSecurityLaw.

Just on #June4, 2021, the Hong Kong police banned the #CandlelightVigil in commemoration of the victims of the 1989 #TiananmenMassacre for the second time. In face of suppression, Hongkongers showed the world their perseverance, creativity and solidarity to make their voice heard.

Photo taken on June 9, 2019 in Hong Kong by Philip Fong/AFP
Forwarded from 國際文宣組 IFC
#TiananmenMassacre remains one of #CCP's darkest sore spots, judging by how hard it tries to rewrite our memories. But whatever you do, you can't change history. What has happened can never be rewritten, the entire world remember and will make sure our next generation remember it too.
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#HKU #university #pillarofshame #hongkong #hk #june4
The Famous Reporter Jonathan Mirsky, being Beaten up in the June 4 Incident, has Passed Away at Aged 88

A famous reporter Jonathan Mirsky had passed away in Britain on September 5, at the age of 88. Jonathan had been concerning about China throughout his life. He once had a live report on the June 4th incident in Tiananmen Square. He was beaten by armed police until his left arm was broken and three teeth fell out. Jonathan has worked for The Times in Hong Kong since 1993 and resigned in 1998 due to the soft attitude to China from owner Rupert Murdoch.

During the Vietnam War, like many intellectuals at the time, Jonathan Mirsky, as a scholar, actively criticised the United States. He also opposed the United States for isolating the policies of China, which he used to believe the protest of Mao was beneficial to China. In 1972, he was invited to visit China for six weeks as a Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars member. He noticed that the organiser tried to hide a few terrible situations in China. Because of this, he changed his mind from a Mao fan to a counter-revolutionary.

Source: Stand News #Sep12

https://bit.ly/3kwVxFz

#JonathanMirsky #June4 #China #TiananmenSquare #HongKong #VietnamWar #UnitedStates #Mao #Protest
The 33rd June 4 Memorials in Taiwan: crowdfunding reaches $640,000 now, ahead of schedule, the Pillar of Shame will be remade and "reborn" in Taipei's June 4 Memorial

The New School for Democracy of Taiwan has reached its funding target ahead of schedule, which is a key progress for the reconstruction of Hong Kong's #PillarofShame in Taiwan.

The 3-meter height statue was taken down in Hong Kong last year and is now being remade. It will be unveiled in Taiwan on June 4 memorial day.

The organiser expects 500 people to attend the memorial and may have more Hong Kong people attend than Taiwanese.

Source: The chaser news #May18

#PillarOfShame #June4 #NewSchoolForDemocracy #Crowdfunding

https://publielectoral.lat/the_chaser_news/713
#Solidarity #June4 #NeverForget
Asian artist stages 24-hr online dance to commemorate #June4 Tiananmen crackdown

A Berlin-based Asian artist Ming Poon is calling for support for a 24-hour dance run organised to commemorate the 33rd memorial of Tiananmen Massacre.

The choreographer claims that he works with dance and choreography for political actions.

His latest work, “Project June 4th”, is a reference to the day, on which the Tiananmen protests in Beijing were violently crushed by the Chinese government in 1989.

"Last year, the Tiananmen vigil group in HK was forced to disband, with activists and journalists being arrested. As someone belonging to the Chinese diaspora, I feel a duty to speak out aganist the forms of state censorship used by the Chinese authority to silence peaceful dissent, and against the systemic erasure and rewriting of its history. " Ming Poon elaborated.

Join Project June4
https://www.facebook.com/events/405244761131752/

About the artist:
https://mingapur.com/
#WhiteTerror #June4
Facebook banned authentic Beijing June 4th massacre photograph

Just two weeks before the 33rd Memorials of June 4th Massacre, a media veteran in Hong Kong found a photograph linked to the Tiananmen crackdown had been banned by Facebook.

The photograph that she posted many years ago showed a tank running over protest student Fang Zhang's legs.

Facebook claimed the photography is inappropriate content linked to "violence and bloodshed".

Even though, Facebook said it didn't violate "Community Standards', it argued that the photograph could be "deemed sensitive to some people."

Notes to editors:
Fang Zheng is a former student protester who was seriously injured during the Tiananmen massacre in 1989 in Beijing, China. During the evacuation of the Square in the early morning of June 4, Fang was run over by a People’s Liberation Army tank, which led to the amputation of both his legs.

Source: RFA Cantonese; #May20
https://www.facebook.com/454004001340790/posts/7424609714280149/?d=n
Forwarded from Hong Kong Democracy Movement (HKDMovement)
#June4 is approaching. On June 4th, 1989, #CCP killed thousands of unarmed students at #tiananmansquare. It is not a commemoration, but to remind the world that #CCPChina isn't a legitimate regime. No matter where you are, gather to say no to CCP!

#tiananmansquaremassacre
#Solidarity #June4
Tiananmen vigil events across globe in solidarity with Hong Kong

"The Chinese government’s concerted efforts to erase the Tiananmen crackdown from history have spread to Hong Kong since the national security law was enacted in the city in 2020. But the atrocities of 4 June 1989 must never be forgotten,” Hana Young, Amnesty International’s East Asia deputy regional director, said in a statement.

Amnesty International and other rights groups have planned events and memorials overseas. Vigils will be held in cities such as San Francisco and Washington DC in the US, Seoul in South Korea, Taipei in Taiwan, Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, Sydney in Australia, Oslo in Norway, Paris in France, Amsterdam in the Netherlands and London in the UK.

#TiananmenMassacre

Source: Amnesty International; #May26
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/05/china-tiananmen-vigil-events-across-globe-in-solidarity-with-hong-kong/
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Excerpted from archived news footage from Hong Kong news station #TVB, the video recorded one of the chaotic scenes of the Tiananmen Massacre near Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.

The sound of gunfire is incessant.

Today, many youngsters in China have never heard about the June 4 massacre, due to the Chinese government's censorship.

Take a good look of this video.

Keep it.
Share it, and
Remember it.

#June4 #TiananmenMassacre
#FirstHand #June4
Remembering June 4th in #Japan

On June 4, 2022, pro-democracy Hongkongers gathered in Shinjuku, Tokyo to commemorate the victims of the 1989 #TiananmenMassacre in Beijing. This year flags and installations supporting Hong Kong's prodemocracy movement were also seen.

Similar commemorative events had been held in Hong Kong until the enforcement of the #NationalSecurityLaw in 2020.

#Solidarity #NeverForget #Remembrance