Emotional press conference hears testimony of athlete Fang Zheng whose legs were crushed by Chinese army tank during crackdown of June 4, 1989
Pictured: (In wheelchair) Mr. Fang Zheng, (right) Ms. Grace Wang, Translator, (background) Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey.
(Washington, D.C. May18, 2009) — Mr. Fang Zheng, a victim of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre [...]

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By Ti-Anna Wang, daughter of Dr. Wang Bingzhang
 Last week, after communicating with the Dalai Lama’s staff in New York, Times and I were invited to have a private audience with His Holiness. Because of his busy schedule during his stay in Boston and New York, we were asked to travel to Santa Barbara, CA to [...]

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Twenty years ago, Tiananmen Square swelled with tens of thousands of Chinese students and citizens. They called for the Chinese leaders to address government corruption, protect individual rights, and allow transparency and public participation in policy making.  These reasonable requests conform with China’s constitution and law. However, on June 4, 1989, the petitioners were rewarded [...]

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Event: Present protest letter to Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles
BY A Group of Chinese-in-exile
Press Conference:
Time: April 17,2009 1:00-3:00 PM
Place: Meeting Room at Monterey Park Library
318 S. Ramona Ave. Monterey Park CA 91754-3399
Protest Letter Presentation:
Time: April 17,2009 4:00-5:00 PM
Place: Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles
500 Shatto Place, Los Angeles CA 90020
Chinese Consulate often spites political dissidents, Fan [...]

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By Misha Checkvich
 
    On Tuesday, March 3, 2009, a most inspiring and illuminating event, directed by the vision of Professor Homi K. Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature and Language and Director of the Humanities Center at Harvard University, celebrated the 60th anniversary of the U.N.’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [...]

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12-15-2008 Issued by Initiatives for China
Contact: Jim Geheran Tel: 202-290-1423
initiatives4china@gmail.com
www.initiativesforchina.org
China Charter 08 (the Chinese version signed by 303 Chinese Citizens and published online in December 10th, 2008; more people signed afterward)
I. Foreword
A hundred years have passed since the writing of China’s first constitution. 2008 also marks the sixtieth anniversary of the promulgation of the Universal [...]

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Press Statement
Sean McCormack, Spokesman
Washington, DC
December 11, 2008
Harassment of Chinese Signatories to Charter ‘08
The United States is deeply concerned by reports that Chinese citizens have been detained, interrogated and harassed as they prepared to commemorate Human Rights Day and the 60th Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We are particularly [...]

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