Foreign Minister Penny Wong has commemorated the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre and urged China to “cease suppression of freedoms”.
On the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Foreign Minister Penny Wong has denounced the tragic events as reports surface of Chinese dissidents being arrested for trying to recognise the historic day.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong has called on China to"cease suppression of freedoms". Picture: Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images “We call on China to cease suppression of freedoms of expression, assembly, media and civil society and to release those detained for peacefully expressing their political views.”
Demonstrators erected"The Goddess of Democracy" statue in Tiananmen Square during the 1989 protests. It was later destroyed by the military. Picture: AP Photo/Jeff/Widener In April 1989, tens of thousands of students began a peaceful protest in Beijing, which would spread to other cities and lead to the Pro-Democratic Movement of 1989.
Soldiers fired their way into the square and tanks crushed people in the streets, according to some sources. Pro-democracy activists have tried to subvert Chinese censorship laws using rubber ducks. Beijing has censored"Big Yellow Duck" on Weibo, China's biggest microblog site. Picture: Weibo
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