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Photos show celebrations and protests marking China's National Day

Hong Kong marked 77 years of Communist rule in China with National Day fireworks, a day after President Xi Jinping led a Martyrs' Day tribute in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. In New Delhi, police detained Tibetan exiles protesting Chinese rule.

The Independent UK · Oct 1

Nancy Pelosi Championed a Hong Kong Dissident. She May Have Doomed Him.

American politicians who cooperate with foreign activists, whether individual or institutional, often do more harm than good.

Reason · Sep 30

Hong Kong court sentences Tiananmen vigil activists to between 5 and 7 years in jail

Three activists who had held annual vigils commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown were sentenced to between five and seven years in prison Friday for calling for an "end to one-party dictatorship". Prosecutors had argued that China's constitution enshrines the primacy of the Communist Party.

France 24 · Sep 11

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Who are the Tiananmen vigil leaders jailed for seven years in Hong Kong?

Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho are three prominent Hong Kong activists who led the group behind the city’s massive annual vigils commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown

The Independent UK · Sep 10

3 Tiananmen vigil organizers set to be sentenced in Hong Kong national security case

Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown are set to be sentenced Friday for their convictions of inciting subversion under a Beijing-imposed national security law

The Independent UK · Sep 10

Mao still revered in China as criticism remains risky 50 years on

Fifty years after Mao Zedong's death, his image and ideas remain deeply embedded in China, where his portrait still dominates Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing and Communist Party rhetoric continues to draw on his thinking. For older Chinese people, revolutionary songs keep memories of his era alive, while…

Radio France Internationale · Sep 9

Hong Kong court hears arguments over sentencing for former Tiananmen vigil organizers

Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have returned to court for arguments over their upcoming sentences

The Independent UK · Aug 28

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Former Hong Kong vigil organizer strives to mark Tiananmen crackdown despite convictions

Years after Hong Kong’s annual vigil for the Tiananmen Square crackdown ended, former organizer Tang Ngok-kwan still discreetly visits former memorial sites in the city

The Independent UK · Aug 22

‘She’s not afraid of anyone’: the prison writings of one of Hong Kong’s last outspoken democracy activists

Chow Hang-tung has been detained since 2021, and written about everything from clothes to Tiananmen Square and the meaning of freedom

The Guardian - AU · Aug 21

Tiananmen Square vigil organisers in Hong Kong found guilty of ‘inciting subversion’

UK Foreign Office condemns use of national security law to convict activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21

Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung: The activists behind Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigils

Two Hong Kong activists were convicted of inciting subversion under the national security law. Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung led vigils commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Their convictions highlight the erosion of freedoms in the territory. Lee brought donations to Beijing and was detained upon return. Chow, a Cambridge graduate,…

The Economic Times · Aug 21

What to know about the two former Tiananmen vigil organizers on trial in Hong Kong

Two former organizers of Hong Kong’s massive vigils to remember the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown will hear their verdict on Friday, in a national security trial under a Beijing-imposed law that has virtually silenced the city’s dissent

The Independent UK · Aug 20

Hong Kong court to deliver verdict for 2 prominent former Tiananmen vigil organizers

A Hong Kong court is set to deliver its verdict for two former organizers of the city’s decades-old vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on Friday

The Independent UK · Aug 20

What to know about the trial of former Tiananmen vigil organizers before a verdict

Two activists who organized Hong Kong's annual Tiananmen Square vigil are likely to hear a verdict in their case brought under a China-imposed national security law

The Independent UK · Aug 20

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The Independent UK · Aug 17

Xi Jinping praises brutal Tiananmen crackdown and calls for return to Chinese ‘fighting spirit’

Xi Jinping makes rare mention of Tiananmen Square protests during commemoration of Jiang Zemin's birth centennial

The Independent UK · Aug 6

Professor suspended for ‘hiding Tiananmen reference’ in Tokyo university website

References to Tiananmen Square are heavily censored in China

The Independent UK · Jul 30

Distraught family pleads with EU to intervene in Macau’s first national security trial

IN FOCUS: Xi Jinping’s crackdown on dissent has now reached the former Portuguese colony of Macau, where tightened national security laws face their first test in the prosecution of a veteran public servant. Speaking to Alisha Rahaman Sarkar, his family calls on the EU to intervene

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10

Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules

Apple Peiqing Ni targeted by account portraying her as promiscuous drug addict after posting about Tiananmen Square

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 9

Our efforts to record Tiananmen atrocity

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Latin Times · Jun 5

Rubio Marks Tiananmen at 37: 'No Amount of Censorship Can Erase the Past'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio marked Tiananmen's 37th anniversary, vowing censorship can't erase 1989 — and Beijing pushed back. A look at what June 4 still means.

Euronews · Jun 4

Beijing slams US comments on Tiananmen Square crackdown as 'smear' of China

On 4 June 1989, the Chinese government sent troops and tanks to crush protests calling for political reform in and around the central square in the capital Beijing.

The Times of India · Jun 4

Tiananmen 37 years on: China blocks families from visiting graves of victims, deepens crackdown on memory

China is intensifying its crackdown on any public remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square events. Families of victims are being barred from visiting graves, and authorities are actively erasing the incident from public memory. This suppression escalates as Hong Kong also bans commemorations, while global reactions highlight ongoing censorship.

AAP · Jun 4

China, US clash over anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown

Beijing has condemned as "smears" US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's comments on the Tiananmen Square clampdown, as people outside China mark the anniversary.

France 24 · Jun 4

Albania's 'flamingo revolution' against Jared-Kushner-backed luxury resort

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, June 4: Today marks 37 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre and the papers look at how advocates are trying to keep the memory of the victims alive. Albanians continue nationwide protests over a proposed luxury resort on a protected ecosystem in a project backed by…

The Economic Times · Jun 4

China’s Tiananmen crackdown: A timeline of 1989 events

Thirty-seven years ago, China's military violently ended pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The government has never released a full death toll, with estimates ranging into the thousands. This event, marked by student-led demonstrations and a government crackdown, remains a sensitive topic in China. Landmark dates leading up to the…

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