Tiananmen Mothers

“Tiananmen Mothers” Website Blocked in China

May 28, 2008

Tiananmen Mothers

“Tiananmen Mothers” Publish Maps Including Locations of June Fourth Victims' Deaths

Commemorating the 19th anniversary of the Chinese authorities' violent crackdown on the 1989 Democracy Movement, the Tiananmen Mothers are releasing maps marking the location of victims' deaths and the hospitals where the bodies of the dead were taken.

May 27, 2008

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June Fourth

Congratulations to the Tiananmen Mothers on the Establishment of their Website

May 27, 2008

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Tiananmen Mothers

Chinese Authorities Should Respond to Calls for Dialogue by the Tiananmen Mothers

February 27, 2008

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June Fourth

Tiananmen Mothers Roundtable Calls for Official Accountability

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has received a full transcript of a roundtable held by Ding Zilin and more than 20 other members of the Tiananmen Mothers to commemorate the 18th anniversary of the violent crackdown on unarmed protesters in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. During...

May 31, 2007

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June Fourth

Asia News: ‘Tiananmen Mothers’ demand truth of 1989 massacre

Excerpted from Asia News : In an open letter published by Human Rights in China, [a] group that includes victims and relatives of Communist repression calls on the party to open up a debate on the anti-corruption and pro-democracy movement and reveal the truth hidden for the past 18 years. Access...

March 1, 2007

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Tiananmen Mothers

Reuters Alert Net: Tiananmen mothers urge China to debate 1989 protests

Excerpted from Reuters Alert Net : An open letter by the Tiananmen Mothers, released by the New York-based watchdog Human Rights in China, urged the government to launch a judicial re-evaluation of the events of June 4, 1989. Access to the full text of this article may require a subscription and...

February 27, 2007

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Tiananmen Mothers

Tiananmen Mothers Call for End to Censorship over June 4th Crackdown

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has received an open letter from Ding Zilin and other members of the Tiananmen Mothers calling on the Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) to remove the June 4th incident from the "off limits zone" of...

February 27, 2007

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June Fourth

‘Tiananmen Mothers’ Continue Quest for Justice

Luis Ramirez "...The women have been under what advocates describe as house arrest. Nicholas Becquelin with the New York Human Rights in China group said, 'All their calls are monitored and they have told them not to do specific things such as talking to other activists, talking with foreign media...

June 2, 2004

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Tiananmen Mothers

What the Tiananmen Mothers Offer China

By Perry Link While Chinese society wallows in a cynicism brought on by decades of official lies and abuse, the courageous defense of truth and love offers a bulwark for a unifying moral framework. Two days after the June Fourth massacre, when the blood on the streets of Beijing had already dried,...

May 26, 2004

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