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31 Yrs After Tiananmen Massacre, Mothers of Victims Await Answers

Joyce Huang

   Thursday marks the 31st anniversary of the Chinese Communist
   leadership's bloody crackdown on students-led protests in
   Beijing'sTiananmen Square.

   With the spread of COVID-19 and quarantine measures, relatives of the
   deceased victims have been barred from making an annual group trip this
   week to mourn their loved ones in one of the capital's graveyards.

   But that doesn't stop them from pressing demands, year after year, for
   the truth behind the massacre in 1989, which remains China's biggest
   political embarrassment and there still to this day is no clear death
   toll.
   Open letter

   [1]In an open letter released on Monday, some 124 members of a victims
   group called Tiananmen Mothers reiterated their three demands --truth,
   compensation and accountability--from the Chinese government.

   "Over the past 31 years, we have repeatedly called for a legal
   resolution to a political problem, through fair and equitable dialogues
   with the government," read the letter, titled "Tell the Truth, Refuse
   to Forget, Lies Written in Ink Cannot Conceal the Facts Written in
   Blood."

   But "the government has remained silent on the June 4 massacre, without
   demonstrating the slightest trace of remorse," it said, adding that,
   over the years, 60 of the group's fellow members have passed away
   before justice prevails.

References

   1. https://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/tell-truth-refuse-forget-lies-written-ink-cannot-conceal-facts-written

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