Today was the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, carried out by the Chinese Communist Party. Here are some posts about it worth reading and sharing…
On June 4, the world marks 37 years since the Chinese Communist Party ordered its troops to attack thousands of peaceful demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square. Those who sacrificed to uphold their unalienable rights of free expression and peaceful assembly will be vindicated someday.
Today is 37 years since the Tiananmen Massacre
On this day in 1989, the Chinese Communist Party ordered the People’s Liberation Army to open fire on its own citizens.
Peaceful pro-democracy students and workers who gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square demanding freedom, anti-corruption, and basic human rights were crushed under tanks and gunfire.
The protests began in mid-April 1989, triggered by the death of reformist leader Hu Yaobang. On May 13, students began a hunger strike. Martial law was declared on May 20, but protesters remained peaceful.
In the early hours of June 4, troops advanced with tanks and live ammunition. Soldiers fired on unarmed civilians blocking their path in the streets surrounding the square.
Hundreds to thousands were killed. Thousands more were imprisoned, tortured, or disappeared.
To this day, the Chinese government censors all mention of it, erases it from history books, and threatens anyone who remembers.
Tiananmen Square in Beijing just days before the Chinese Communist Party decided to massacre the protesters and students who had taken to the streets to demand freedom.
We must never forget the Tiananmen Square Massacre in Beijing.
The Chinese Communist Party must perish.
Never seen before footage of Tiananmen Square Protest
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A Chinese couple tried to escape the carnage caused by tanks.
Video of Chinese communist security forces killing hundreds of protesting students on the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 4th, 1989.
A rare photo of the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre of June 4th 1989.
37 years ago today, the Chinese government brutally crushed peaceful protesters in and around Tiananmen Square who were demanding an end to corruption, freedom of speech, and democratic reform. The massacre revealed a truth the world should never forget: the Chinese Communist Party will do whatever it takes to preserve its grip on power. If it did not value the lives of its own citizens, why would it value the lives of others?
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