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Huang Qi sentenced to 12 years in prison
The Mianyang Intermediate People’s Court on July 29, 2019, found veteran Sichuan activist Huang Qi ( 黄琦) guilty of “illegally providing state secrets abroad” and “intentionally leaking state secrets.” He was sentenced to 12 years in prison, deprived of political rights for four years, and fined RMB...
July 29, 2019
Case Update
Huang Qi
HRIC Testimony at the CECC & TLHRC Hearing: “Tiananmen at 30: Examining the Evolution of Repression in China”
The hearing was convened by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC), and hosted by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, June 4, 2019.
June 6, 2019
Statement
List of activities for June Fourth 30th Anniversary
United States June 1 , San Francisco: Seminar on the Tiananmen Massacre , 2-5pm, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall (旧金山国父纪念馆), 2121, 836 Stockton Street, 94108. June 1 , San Francisco; Candlelight Vigil , 7pm, Chinatown Portsmouth Square (旧金山中国城花园角). June 1 , Washington D.C.: Candlelight Vigil, 6:30-9:...
May 30, 2019
The Two Killing Scenes I Witnessed during June Fourth
In the 30 years that have passed since the bloody June Fourth crackdown, many events have faded from my memory. But the two killing scenes I witnessed on June 4, 1989 have been etched in my mind, impossible to erase. I am writing to share my experience to mark June Fourth, the day of national...
May 22, 2019
China Rights Forum
Gao Wenqian
A Time for Truth: 30th Anniversary of June Fourth
See HRIC’s special website on June Fourth 30th anniversary . Thirty years ago, on June 3-4, 1989, the Chinese government unleashed massive military force against civilians in Beijing, both participants and observers of an exuberant and peaceful large-scale protest centered in Tiananmen Square which...
May 15, 2019
Statement
Four Sichuan Dissidents in the “Remembering June Fourth" Case Will Be Tried in Court Consecutively Starting Tomorrow
Liu Tianyan (刘天艳) , wife of dissident Fu Hailu (符海陆) —who is accused of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” for creating a wine bottle label in 2016 to mark the anniversary of June Fourth—posted this essay one day before his trial. She points out that Fu had in fact already been imprisoned for...
March 31, 2019
Citizens' Square
Mourning Our Families and Compatriots Killed in the June Fourth Massacre: A Letter to China’s Leaders
Members of the Tiananmen Mothers with photos of their loved ones killed in June Fourth. [English Translation by Human Rights in China] I We are a group of citizens who lost our loved ones in the June Fourth Massacre. Thirty years ago, along Chang'an Avenue in front of the Tiananmen Gate in the...
March 15, 2019
Press Release
International Community Must Support the Tiananmen Mothers to Press for Official Accounting of the 1989 June Fourth Crackdown
“Although the June Fourth tragedy has become history, the catastrophe it brought has not yet come to an end, and it is difficult for the wounds to heal.” — Tiananmen Mothers , June 1, 2018 It has been 29 years since the Chinese authorities unleashed a bloody crackdown on the 1989 Democracy Movement...
June 1, 2018
Statement
Open Letter to Xi Jinping from the Tiananmen Mothers
On the occasion of the 29th anniversary of June Fourth, the Tiananmen Mothers authorize Human Rights in China to publish this open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping. The full text of the open letter is as follows. [Translation by Human Rights in China] Dear President Xi Jinping: This year...
May 31, 2018
Press Release
Ding Zilin
Quiet at Weiming Lake: Visiting Mr. Edgar Snow’s Grave
[Translation by Human Rights in China] 1 The Chinese Spring Festival in 2018 came late. February 15 was the anniversary of Mr. Edgar Snow's death, also Lunar New Year’s Eve. This happened to be a time of long holidays, when people were either busy preparing meals for family reunions at home or out...
February 21, 2018
Citizens' Square
Ding Zilin

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