Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and Hong Kong Radio RTHK are all victims of the Great Chinese Firewall as the rest of the world commemorates the crackdown by Chinese governemnt troops against Chinese activisits in Tiananmen Square 20 years ago.
Here are some of the stories about the continued denial of free access to meda practiced by the Chinese government:
Freedom House condemns the Chinese government’s latest effort to restrict freedom of expression by blocking websites such as Twitter, Flickr and Hotmail two days before the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The internet restrictions are among a number of measures authorities have taken in recent weeks—on top of their usual disruption of open internet expression—to quell dissent ahead of June 4.
20 years after Tiananmen, government still stifling debate. (IFEX) Tomorrow (4 June) marks the 20-year anniversary of the massacre of unarmed civilians in Tiananmen Square, but in China, the day is expected to pass like any other.Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Freedom House and Human Rights Watch (HRW) are condemning China’s sweeping Internet censorship and crackdowns on free speech that makes it extremely difficult – and dangerous – for Chinese people to commemorate the victims.
China’s youth post-Tiananmen: Apathy a fact or front? (CNN) They’re known as the "post 1980s" kids or the "Tiananmen-plus-20" generation: 200 million-strong, Web-savvy, pop-culture-conscious and decidedly apolitical.
Chinese authorities seal off Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on March 9 for the parliament session.Chinese authorities seal off Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on March 9 for the parliament session.Click to view previous image1 of 3Click to view next imageAs the world observes the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Wednesday, pro-democracy advocates abroad lament how little Chinese youth today know or care about the student-led movement that ended with the deaths of hundreds when tanks rumbled through the capital’s streets and troops opened fire.