Category - Tiananmen Square

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8 Jun 2010

1989 marked turning point for Christianity, global meeting told

The peaceful revolutions in Eastern Europe, anti-colonialism in Africa and Asia and Tiananmen protests in China marked a turning tide of global faith, says a mission theologian.
4 Jun 2009

Hong Kong Cardinal wants new Chinese stance on Tiananmen protests

Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun has urged China to change its stance on the crackdown 20 years ago against peaceful protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Today is the 20th anniversary of the crackdown.
3 Jun 2009

Call for official enquiry into Tiananmen 20 years on

The Chinese authorities should now hold an open and independent inquiry into the 1989 violent military crackdown on peaceful demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square, Amnesty International has declared today.
28 May 2009

Catholic government head in Hong Kong criticised on Tiananmen

Some Catholic leaders in Hong Kong have criticised one of their faithful, the head of the government there, for making what they say is a distorted moral judgment on the 4 June 1989 massacre in Beijing's Tiananmen Square
19 May 2009

Chinese Christians call for Tiananmen Square anniversary remembrance

Chinese Christians have urged churches around the world to mark the 20th anniversary on 4 June 2009 of the suppression of democracy protesters who had joined thousands of students and civilians in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.