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Tiananmen: China's Unhealed Wound
By: HumanRightsWatch
Posted: May 16 09
Witnessed: 1828 veces
Regions: Asia, China
Issues: Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression, Justice, Prisons
Tags: china, Free Expression, Tiananmen Square
Twenty years after the army killed untold numbers of unarmed civilians in Beijing and other cities on and around June 3-4, 1989, the Chinese government continues to victimize survivors, victims’ families, and others who challenge the official version of events.
Featuring commentary by Wang Dan, a student leader of the 1989 Tiananmen protests, and Dr. Sophie Richardson and Carroll Bogert, Human Rights Watch.
Read more about Human Rights Watch's work
on the Tiananmen Square crackdown’s legacy in China today >>
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