Boundaries of Expression


In June 1989, the Chinese government launched a crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. It was a brutal response to a peaceful movement for political and economic reform across China.

To this day, no one knows how many were killed, but estimates are in the thousands. China continues to erase all memory of those events from national history - both within the country and beyond its borders.

On the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Boundaries of Expression assesses the legacy of the crackdown and the impact of a generation of censorship in a conversation with human rights activist Fengsuo Zhou, a student leader of the protests 35 years ago, and Michael Caster, Asia Digital Programme Manager, ARTICLE 19. 
 
Presenter: Jo Glanville
Producers: Michael Caster and Jo Glanville
Studio manager: Aamir Yaqub
Mixed by Julian Wharton and recorded at Bison Studios, London
Archive: CNN
 

Tune in to hear personal stories, historical insights, and a call to action for defending human rights and freedom of expression.


What is Boundaries of Expression?

The right to truth, part of Boundaries of Expression, a new series of interventions from ARTICLE 19.