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Apr 24 2014 12:53PM
Arrested - and shot at - for praying. The Indonesian approach to policing peaceful gatherings

Ahead of the Indonesian elections this month we joined TAPOL, Survival International and Down to Earth outside the Indonesian Embassy to call for the immediate and unconditional release of prisoners of conscience imprisoned solely for...

Apr 23 2014 8:33PM
1989 Protester's Profile: Jiang Jielian (蒋捷连)

Jiang Jielian (蒋捷连), high school student, sit in at Xinhuamen and he and other students were dispersed by police on 19 April. He joined in March into Tiananmen many times. Jiang left home at around 10:30 p.m. on June 3,1989. At about...

Apr 23 2014 8:30PM
Today in 1989 : set up students' networks around the country

Monday, April 24, 1989, was the first day of the city-wide class strike for almost all colleges in Beijing. While not going to classes, students kept themselves busy in organising their own solidarity unions while they called for...

Apr 22 2014 9:34PM
1989 Protester's Profile: Wu Guofeng (吴国峰)

Wu Guofeng (吴国峰), from Department of Industrial Economics and Management at People's University, a member of the Autonomous Union in his university, staged a hunger strike, together with 3000 other students, in Tiananmen Square. On the...

Apr 22 2014 9:22PM
Today in 1989: Students Set up first radio stations and Beijing Students Autonomous Federation

Student set up first four radio stations and more autonomous unions appeared. Student representatives from 21 universities met to set up Beijing Students Autonomous Federation