Amnesty International activists today ‘renamed’ the streets surrounding the Chinese Embassy in London to mark the 30th anniversary of the notorious Tiananmen Square crackdown. This morning, a total of 30 authentic-looking ‘Tiananmen Square’ street signs were displayed in the streets around the embassy in central London. Amnesty UK Director Kate Allen and Dr Shao Jiang - one of the original student protest leaders who was in Tiananmen Square on the night of 4 June – placed a ‘Tiananmen Square’ sign immediately outside the Chinese Embassy building. Kate Allen said: “Thirty years after the

Amnesty International activists will ‘rename’ the streets surrounding the Chinese Embassy in London next week to mark the 30th anniversary of the notorious Tiananmen Square crackdown. On Tuesday 4 June, a total of 30 authentic-looking ‘Tiananmen Square’ street signs will be displayed in the streets around the embassy in central London to mark the anniversary. Amnesty UK Director Kate Allen and Dr Shao Jiang - one of the original student protest leaders who was in Tiananmen Square on the night of 4 June - will place a ‘Tiananmen Square’ sign immediately outside the Chinese Embassy building

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the massacre of hundreds if not thousands of unarmed peaceful pro-democracy protesters in Beijing and the arrest of tens of thousands of demonstrators in cities across China.

The protesters, based in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, were peacefully calling for political and economic reform. In response, the Chinese authorities responded with overwhelming force to repress the demonstrations.

Dr Shao Jiang, Wu'er Kaixi and Zhou Fengsuo available for interview Survivors in London ahead of 30th anniversary of massacre Three survivors of Tiananmen Square are available for interview ahead of the 30th anniversary of China’s notorious 4 June 1989 crackdown. Dr Shao Jiang, Zhou Fengsuo and Wu'er Kaixi – prominent leaders of the student-led reform protests in Tiananmen – will be in London next week. The three academics are available to discuss their experience of the violent crackdown, their ongoing fight for justice for those killed and injured, and how the truth is still suppressed