Police warn families of Tiananmen crackdown dead not to visit graves on 37th anniversary
Police blocked relatives from visiting victims’ graves as China tightened controls over Tiananmen commemorations and activists faced scrutiny in Hong Kong.
- Chinese authorities prevented relatives of victims from visiting a Beijing cemetery on Thursday, the 37th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, continuing their campaign to suppress public memory of the military operation.
- The 1989 military crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square remains a pivotal moment in Chinese history, though authorities have waged a yearslong campaign to erase the event from public consciousness.
- Tiananmen Mothers issued an annual appeal demanding full disclosure and legal accountability, while Amnesty International deputy director for Asia Sarah Brooks called the ban a "heartless act by the Chinese authorities."
- In Hong Kong, police increased security Thursday to block commemorations, while lawyer Chow Hang-tung launched a 37-hour hunger strike in prison that prompted former district councilor Derek Chu to join in solidarity.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement marking the anniversary, asserting that "no amount of censorship can erase the past" after recently accompanying President Donald Trump on a state visit to Beijing.
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China bans families from mourning Tiananmen victims
Amnesty International on June 3 condemned China for banning family members from visiting the resting places of people who perished in the 1989 Tiananmen Square repression. This is the first time in 37 years that the Chinese authorities have banned the visit. According to the Tiananmen Mothers group, the authorities notified family members of people who lost their lives in the 1989 crackdown that they cannot travel to Beijing’s Wan’an Cemetery or…
China bans families from visiting cemetery ahead of Tiananmen crackdown anniversary
Amnesty International on Wednesday condemned China for banning family members from visiting the resting places of people who perished in the 1989 Tiananmen Square repression. This is the first time in 37 years that the Chinese authorities have banned the visit. According to the Tiananmen Mothers, the Chinese authorities notified family members of people who lost their lives in the 1989 crackdown that they cannot travel to Beijing’s Wan’an Cemete…
China Bans Tiananmen Families From Visiting Graves
Chinese authorities are snuffing out any remembrance of the deadly 1989 military crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square, which happened 37 years ago Thursday, in a further tightening of a yearslong campaign to erase what happened from public memory. Police told relatives of the victims they would not...
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese authorities are working to stifle any memory of the deadly military repression of 1989 against pro-democracy protests led by students in Tiananmen Square, 37 years old this Thursday, and...
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