HRIC Launches Podcast Interviews for June 4th Anniversary"The Unknown Rebel" - This famous photo, taken by Associated Press photographer Jeff Widener, depicts a lone protester, whose actions halted the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour.
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has launched a podcast series of interviews with participants of the 1989 Tiananmen Square movement. The podcasts, which can be downloaded as audio files from HRIC's Web site, include oral histories of the June 4th Tiananmen Square crackdown never previously made public. The interviews also explore the role of the democracy and independent labor movements in addressing challenges facing China.
Seventeen years after the violent crackdown in 1989, the Chinese government has yet to respond to demands for a full investigation and official accountability, compensation for the victims and their families and a reassessment of the crackdown. In the face of official Chinese propaganda and information control, HRIC aims to preserve a historical record as well as to support efforts promoting greater democracy and openness.
Podcasts of Chinese-language interviews with the following June 4th activists are currently available:
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=28080&item%5fid=28079
Human Rights in China (HRIC) http://www.hrichina.org
Please also see:
Tiananmen, 15 Years On
Where Are Some of the “Most Wanted” Participants Today? (2004)
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/china/scholars/t15
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 (photo source)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989
Seventeen years after the violent crackdown in 1989, the Chinese government has yet to respond to demands for a full investigation and official accountability, compensation for the victims and their families and a reassessment of the crackdown. In the face of official Chinese propaganda and information control, HRIC aims to preserve a historical record as well as to support efforts promoting greater democracy and openness.
Podcasts of Chinese-language interviews with the following June 4th activists are currently available:
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=28080&item%5fid=28079
Human Rights in China (HRIC) http://www.hrichina.org
Please also see:
Tiananmen, 15 Years On
Where Are Some of the “Most Wanted” Participants Today? (2004)
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/china/scholars/t15
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 (photo source)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989