Rally remembers Tiananmen Square victims

Title

Rally remembers Tiananmen Square victims

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

4 Jun 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:25

Description

Oni Bhattacharya reports from a rally in London’s Chinatown (speeches and crowd noise heard) to remember the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China a year ago. Rallies are also being held throughout the world to call for justice and democracy in China and people being asked to wear a white flower. Speaks to David Yip, actor; Amnesty International Director Marie Staunton; Li Yu, student who was demonstrating when the massacre occurred; people at rally.

Contributors

Marie Staunton; David Yip; Oni Bhattacharya; Li Yu

Keywords

Deaths; Politics; Political prisoners; London; China; Demonstrations; Political reform; Democracy; Peaceful protest; Peking; Commemorative events; Beijing; Tiannanmen Square

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