The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Thursday, June 05, 2014

June Fourth (六四)

Obama makes rare mention of Tiananmen on 25th anniversary
The Huffington Post, June 4, 2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/03/obama-tiananmen_n_5441227.html

In North Korea, China's Tiananmen Square protests stirred hope for change
The Guardian, June 4, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/04/north-korea-china-tiananmen-square-protests

越南官媒发表文章纪念六四很快被删除 (Vietnamese state media publish articles on June Fourth anniversary, soon deleted)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 4, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/06/140604_64_vietnam_press_censor.shtml

Statements on June Fourth

Baird statement on 25th anniversary of tiananmen Square
加拿大外长贝尔德关于天安门广场25周年的声明
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada, June 4, 2014
EN: http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/newscommuniques/2014/06/04a.aspx?lang=eng
CH: http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/china-chine/highlights-faits/2014/2014-06-tiananmen.aspx?lang=zh-CN

Statement by human rights commissioner strässer on the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests
German Federal Foreign Office, June 3, 2014
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/Infoservice/Presse/Meldungen/2014/140603-MRHH_Tiananmen.html?nn=479796

June Fourth Related Events

香港支联会称18万人出席“六四”烛光晚会(HK Alliance says up to 180,000 attended June Fourth candlelight vigil)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 4, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/06/140604_64_alliance_hk_vigil.shtml

Huge Hong Kong vigil marks Tiananmen anniversary
The Telegraph, June 4, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/10876446/Huge-Hong-Kong-vigil-marks-Tiananmen-anniversary.html

达赖喇嘛为六四遇难者祈祷并向西藏青年传法 流亡西藏团体纪念六四事件 (Dalai Lama holds prayer for June Fourth victims, exiled Tibetan groups commemorate victims of 1989 crackdown)
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-06042014155709.html

世界各地举行六四纪念活动 (June Fourth anniversary activities held across the world)
Deutsche Welle, June 4, 2014
dw.de/p/1CBrE

Detention and Crackdown

China tightens security in Beijing on Tiananmen 25th anniversary
Al Jazeera, June 4, 2014
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/6/4/tiananmen-china-security.html

Chinese embassy official 'forcefully' shoves amnesty chief as she lays flowers in Tiananmen remembrance gesture
The Telegraph, June 4, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10875688/Chinese-embassy-official-forcefully-shoves-amnesty-chief-as-she-lays-flowers-in-Tiananmen-remembrance-gesture.html

Tiananmen? What Tiananmen? Beijing keeps lid on protests
USA Today, June 4, 2014
www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/06/04/tiananmen-anniversary/9946783/

Related:
Restrictions, detentions, and disappearances before June 4, 2014
2014年六四25周年纪念日前被限制自由、拘留和失踪者名单
Human Rights in China, May 2014
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/restrictions-detentions-and-disappearances-june-4-2014
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/2014nian-liu-si-25zhou-nian-ji-nian-ri-qian-bei-xian-zhi-zi-you-ju-liu-he-shi-zong-zhe-ming-dan

Reflections

周锋锁:重返天安门既激动又担心 (It’s exciting and worrysome to return to Tiananmen Square, says democracy movement student leader)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 4, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/06/140605_inv_china_zhoufengsuo.shtml

Tiananmen’s most wanted
六四后21名被通缉学生领袖今何在?
New York Times, June 4, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140604/c04mostwanted/dual/

Q & A: Chen Guang on the soldiers who retook Tiananmen Square
老兵陈光忆六四,曾参加天安门清场
New York Times, June 3, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140603/c03chenguangqa/dual/