Join Amnesty's Cambridge University Group and Chinese Salon for a Floating Lantern Ceremony in remembrance of the victims of the Tiananmen Crackdown.
20 years ago, students in China shocked and inspired the world by their bold protest on Tiananmen Square, calling for freedom and democracy. Yet their dreams were shattered on the night of June 4th, 1989, when tanks and machine guns mercilessly mown down the peaceful demonstrators. The whole country was cowed into silence.
20 years after the crackdown, the wall of secrecy remains. Mothers are forbidden to mourn their lost children. Exiles are refused the right to go home. Many still languish in jails. Discussion of "The Incident" is strictly censored.
To remember the victims of Tiananmen and to renew the call for justice, Camridge University Amnesty International and Chinese Salon are organising a lantern floating ceremony on June 4th. We will gather from 8.00 p.m. on Midsummer Common, by the Fort St.George Pub, where help will be on hand to help you make your own lantern. We also provide an online lantern adoption scheme, with all funds raised going towards the Tiananmen Mothers.
More information on:
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/salon/6420_eng/Adopt%20a%20lantern.html
20 years after the crackdown, the wall of secrecy remains. Mothers are forbidden to mourn their lost children. Exiles are refused the right to go home. Many still languish in jails. Discussion of "The Incident" is strictly censored.
To remember the victims of Tiananmen and to renew the call for justice, Camridge University Amnesty International and Chinese Salon are organising a lantern floating ceremony on June 4th. We will gather from 8.00 p.m. on Midsummer Common, by the Fort St.George Pub, where help will be on hand to help you make your own lantern. We also provide an online lantern adoption scheme, with all funds raised going towards the Tiananmen Mothers.
More information on:
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/salon/6420_eng/Adopt%20a%20lantern.html
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