On the eve of 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, Chinese authorities took into custody a number of activists and citizens .
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Photographer Shares Long-Hidden Photos of Tiananmen Protests
Photographer Liu Jian hid 2,000 photographs he started taking April 16, 1989, as mourners began amassing in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square .
China Says 1989 Tiananmen Square Crackdown Was ‘Correct Policy’
China on Sunday defended its deadly crackdown 30 years ago on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, saying it was “the correct policy.”
China’s Artful Dissident: New Documentary Profiles Badiucao
Film by Australian documentarian Ben-Moshe will be broadcast on ABC next week, showing career of the exiled Chinese cartoonist and street-artist Badiucao.
Another North Korea Purge? Experts Are Divided
Report Friday that North Korea executed its top envoy to the United States following February’s failed summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump.
UN Report Says North Korean People Trapped In Cycle Of Corruption
The United Nations human rights report also accuses Kim Jong-un’s government of economic mismanagement, leaving its people fighting to get the basics.
Afghans Fear End of Golden Age of Press Freedom
Beneath the gaze of the TV cameras a woman begins speaking, at first softly but with growing passion as she faces the “Butcher of Kabul” .
Remember Tiananmen, the 30th Anniversary of Pro-Democracy Protests
To date, there is no public remembrance in mainland China for the hundreds, if not thousands of people who were killed in and around Tiananmen Square.
Another Chinese Rights Activist Leaves Prison Gravely Ill
Rights activist Ji released from prison in April after serving four and a half years on fabricated charges of “gathering a crowd to disrupt public order” .
China Must Free Unjustly Imprisoned Tibetan Monks And Other Critics
Chinese authorities should immediately release Tibetan monks and other peaceful critics arbitrarily imprisoned since 2008 protests across Tibetan plateau.