On June 4, 2005, U.S. State Department issued a press release by
Spokesman Sean McCormack on the sixteenth anniversary of Tiananmen
Square. Read the full text of the release in
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2005/47218.htm
The release says:
Sixteen years after the brutal and tragic events of Tiananmen Square,
we still remember the many Chinese citizens killed, detained, or
missing in connection with the protests. Besides those who died,
thousands of Chinese citizens were arrested and sentenced without
trial, and as many as 250 still languish in prison for
Tiananmen-related activities.
We call on the Chinese Government to fully account for the thousands
killed, detained, or missing, and to release those unjustly imprisoned.
Moreover, family members of victims, like the Tiananmen mothers, and
other citizens who urge their Government to undertake a re*****sment of
what happened June 4, 1989, should be free from harassment and
detention.
It is now time for the Chinese Government to move forward with a
reexamination of Tiananmen, and give its citizens the ability to
flourish by allowing them to think, speak, assemble and wor****p freely.
We continue to urge China to bring its human rights practices into
conformity with international standards and law.
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