Thursday, June 04, 2015

Government Accountability (政府问责)

June Fourth

News

Tiananmen Mothers urge Beijing to bear guilt for its “crimes”
Taipei Times, June 4, 2015
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2015/06/04/2003619915

Related:
Chinese leaders cannot escape their historical responsibility for the June Fourth massacre—commemorating the 26th anniversary of the June Fourth tragedy
天安门母亲:中国领导人不可能逃避“六四”大屠杀的历史责任——纪念“六四”惨案二十六周年
Human Rights in China, June 1, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/chinese-leaders-cannot-escape-their-historical-responsibility-june-fourth
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/tian-men-mu-qin-zhong-guo-ling-dao-ren-bu-ke-neng-tao-bi-liu-si-da-tu

China is exporting its Tiananmen censorship, and we are all victims
Foreign Policy, June 4, 2015
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/06/04/china-is-exporting-its-tiananmen-censorship-and-we-are-all-victims/

Scenes from the Tiananmen memorial events in Hong Kong
The New York Times, June 4, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/scenes-from-tiananmen-memorial-events-in-hong-kong/

香港维园纪念“六四”活动现场实况片段(视频)
Scenes from June 4 memorial activities, Victoria Park (with video)
Boxun, June 4, 2015
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/taiwan/2015/06/201506042240.shtml

Massive Tiananmen Square anniversary vigil planned in Hong Kong
The Guardian, June 4, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/04/massive-tiananmen-square-anniversary-vigil-planned-in-hong-kong

Related:
Hong Kong “Umbrella” protests add poignancy to Tiananmen vigil
Reuters, June 4, 2015
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/06/04/uk-tiananman-anniversary-hongkong-idUKKBN0OJ2UL20150604

Do not forget Tiananmen, vigil organizers plead
The Standard, June 4, 2015
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=62323

香港人和北京渐行渐远 (Hong Kongers and Beijing gradually moving farther apart)
Deutsche Welle, June 4, 2015
http://www.dw.de/香港人和北京渐行渐远/a-18494111

“HK should not be linked to mainland politics”
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 4, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150604/news_20150604_56_1104886.htm

Hong Kong museum dedicated to Tiananmen Square crackdown may be forced to move
South China Morning Post, June 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1816060/hong-kong-museum-dedicated-tiananmen-square-crackdown-may-be

U.S. calls for official accounting of Tiananmen Square victims
Business Standard, June 4, 2015
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/us-calls-for-official-accounting-of-tiananmen-square-victims-115060400289_1.html

Related:
On the 26th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square
U.S. Department of State - Diplomacy in Action, June 3, 2015
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/06/243157.htm

尤维洁:在全美学自联主办纪念六四26周年集会的书面发言 (Remarks by You Weijie of Tiananmen Mothers at Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars’ gather to mark the 26th anniversary of June Fourth)
Canyu, June 4, 2015
http://canyu.org/n99107c12.aspx

许力平:“我不愿被称作天安门遗孀”(Xu Liping: “I don’t want to be known as the widow of Tiananmen Square”)
South China Morning Post, June 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1815686/chinas-anti-corruption-agency-step-inspections-state

一周网事: 纪念六四26周年 (One week on the Internet: Commemorating the 26th anniversary of June Fourth)
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/aw-06032015161700.html

RTHK reporters banned from Tiananmen Square
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 4, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150604/news_20150604_56_1104888.htm

Related:
“六四”26周年之际北京气氛仍然紧张 (Atmosphere in Beijing remains tense on 26th anniversary of June Fourth)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 4, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/06/150604_tiananmen_anniversary_beijing

Police swarm Beijing before June 4
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 3, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150603/news_20150603_56_1104756.htm

Young Chinese want to talk about Tiananmen Square, and that terrifies Beijing
Quartz, June 3, 2015
http://qz.com/419083

Statements

China: Tiananmen, 26 years on, the repressive patterns intensify
Amnesty International, June 2, 2015
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa17/1797/2015/en/

China: end denial about Tiananmen Massacre
Human Rights Watch, June 2, 2015
http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/02/china-end-denial-about-tiananmen-massacre

Opinion & Commentary

The Torchbearers – participants in the 1989 Democracy Movement who are currently in prison
China Change, June 4, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/06/04/the-torchbearers-participants-in-the-1989-democracy-movement-who-are-currently-in-prison/

Why Beijing wants June 4 vigil to go on
South China Morning Post, June 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1816110/why-beijing-wants-june-4-vigil-go

“Did we stand on the side of Tank Man?”: An interview with Teng Biao
The Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/06/04/did-we-stand-on-the-side-of-tank-man-an-interview-with-teng-biao/

Chen Guangcheng: 26 years after Tiananmen, things are worse in China
The Washington Post, June 3, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chen-guangcheng-26-years-after-tiananmen-things-are-worse-in-china/2015/06/03/9ee90446-095b-11e5-9e39-0db921c47b93_story.html

Can dream of human rights & democracy in China survive current crackdown?
U.S. Congressman - Chris Smith, June 3, 2015
http://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398168

The open wound of Tiananmen
The Wall Street Journal, June 3, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-open-wound-of-tiananmen-143335478

How the Tiananmen massacre changed China, and the world
China Change, June 2, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/06/02/how-the-tiananmen-massacre-changed-china-and-the-world/

June 4th stands for the world’s unfinished business
China Change, May 31, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/05/31/26-years-on-the-world-lives-in-the-shadow-of-june-4th-1989/

On the 26th anniversary of Tian’anmen Massacre – an open letter to fellow students in mainland China
China Change, May 27, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/05/27/on-the-26th-anniversary-of-tiananmen-massacre-an-open-letter-to-fellow-students-in-mainland-china/

Events

China in 1989 and 2015: Tiananmen, Human Rights, and Democracy
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, June 3, 2015
http://www.cecc.gov/events/hearings/china-in-1989-and-2015-tiananmen-human-rights-and-democracy

HRIC Resources

1989: Bearing Witness to the Ultimate Beauty: Diary of an Eyewitness in the Square
Human Rights in China, May, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/en/crf/article/5669

Twenty-fifth Anniversary of June Fourth
Background
Multimedia
China Rights Forum Special June Fourth Issues