Kampala, July 4 (IANS) The censorship of digital platforms by the Chinese authorities during the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown last month extended beyond explicit political content, targeting symbols and signifiers — including numbers, candles, images, and emojis — that have become shorthand for remembrance and dissent. The policing of such symbols has intensified an atmosphere of caution, discouraging citizens from engaging in everyday acts of remembrance, such as light…
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Beijing, June 6 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation has condemned China for preventing the family members of the victims killed in Beijing’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown from visiting their loved ones’ graves during this week’s 37th anniversary, describing the move as a “heartless act”.Amnesty International said that the Chinese authorities must be held accountable for the grave human rights violations committed during the June 4, 1989 crackdown. It further demanded that the fa…
Washington, June 5 (IANS) The Chinese government’s efforts to silence critics beyond its borders have come under fresh scrutiny in the US Congress, as lawmakers, state officials and democracy activists described what they called an expanding campaign of intimidation, surveillance and coercion targeting people living in America. At a hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), held on the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, lawmakers argued that Beijing’s me…
Washington, June 4 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday commemorated the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, saying the world continues to remember those killed while demanding democratic reforms and warning that “no amount of censorship can erase the past.” In a statement issued on the eve of the June 4 anniversary, Rubio said the Chinese Communist Party had ordered troops to attack “thousands of peaceful demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square” in 1989.”Ch…
Beijing, April 5 (IANS) A Chinese tourist’s recent visit to Beijing reveals a rapidly expanding system of identity control in the Communist country, one that combines big data and facial recognition technology to monitor movement across the public places of China’s capital, a report said. A Chinese tourist shared on social media that he passed through security checks six times and was required to scan his national ID card 15 times during his recent five-day visit to Beijing, according to a repor…