24.03.2014 ·
Chinese paramilitary police react on camera, while they supervise the plaza
Tiananmen during the National People's Congress (APN) and Beijing el 6 March 2014
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Chinese authorities must end the persecution of those who try to remember the victims of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, declared Amnesty International after learning of the condemnation of a man to 18 months in prison on Monday.
Untribunal de Changshu, in eastern China, declared to Gu Yimin guilty of inciting state subversion after being judged for posting images of the repression on the Internet and requesting permission to hold a protest last year, in it 24 birthday.
“Gu Yimin must be immediately and unconditionally released.”. Almost 25 years after the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, The authorities continue stopping at nothing to hide the truth of what happened”, declared Anu Kultalahti, Amnesty International China researcher.
Hundreds, when thousands of protesters were killed or injured during the military crackdown on student protesters in and around Tiananmen Square in 1989.
"When the 25 birthday, This could signal the beginning of the harassment that activists who try to remember the tragic events of 1989. Instead of increasing the persecution, “The authorities should recognize what really happened and do justice for the victims.”, stated Kultalahti.
The repression of 1989 It is still an official taboo in China. Attempts to commemorate what happened, talk about it and demand justice are repressed by force, and no public debate is allowed.
