On this day, 36 years ago, thousands of peaceful protesters were gunned down in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and in the streets and alleyways of China’s capital during a brutal crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests. Thousands more were massacred in cities across China. British diplomatic cables revealed that the death toll may have been as high as 10,000.
Last week, a group known as the Tiananmen Mothers – whose sons and daughters were killed, injured or jailed in 1989 – issued a statement calling for an independent investigation into the massacre.
