Q&A: Witnessing Tiananmen

		Having trouble viewing this email? Click here THE WEEK IN RIGHTS June 5, 2014 Follow us on: Q&A: Witnessing the Aftermath of Tiananmen Photo credit by ©1989 Private "Newsweek, along with many other news organizations, had rented a room in the Beijing Hotel, a high-rise building that looked over Tiananmen Square, to watch the protests. After the crackdown, we couldn't get back to that hotel – authorities had cordoned off the street to mop up the blood and make sure no protesters could regroup. When the street finally opened several days later, my colleague Melinda Liu and I went back to the hotel to check out, and the hotel tried to charge us for the days we couldn't reach it. My colleague asked for a discount as access to the hotel was dicey "due to what happened in Tiananmen Square." In retort, the man behind the counter said, "Nothing happened in Tiananmen Square."" Human Rights Watch deputy executive director for external relations, Carroll Bogert, who covered the Tiananmen protests as a reporter for Newsweek, talks about how China has been shaped by the horrific events of those days 25 years ago. Read more >> share on: Peacekeepers in Central African Republic Tied to Abuse African Union peacekeepers from the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) have been implicated in the enforced disappearance of at least 11 people in the Central African Republic. The African Union needs to say what happened to the group that was detained and taken by the Congolese peacekeepers. See the Latest News in Africa >> share on: India's Snooping and Snowden Jayshree Bajoria The Wall Street Journal "It is not actually snooping." This was the Indian foreign minister's response to the U.S. mass surveillance programs that also targeted India. One year ago, Edward Snowden released data revealing that the U.S. National Security Agency had spied on the Indian embassy in Washington and its mission to the United Nations. The NSA has been conducting mass surveillance and collecting data worldwide and India was the fifth most-tracked country; 6.3 billion pieces of intelligence were gathered from India. See the Latest News in Asia >> share on: Greece: The Story Behind Golden Dawn's Success by Eva Cossé EU Observer Political analysts, the media, political parties and even Prime Minister Antonis Samaras have been trying to figure out the shocking rise of the far-right, anti-immigrant Golden Dawn party in Greece. Golden Dawn became Greece's third most important political party, with nearly 10 percent of the vote in the European elections. But to someone monitoring intolerance and discrimination in Greece, the results didn't come as a surprise. See the Latest News in Europe/Central Asia >> share on: Q&A: Investigating Bahrain's Mockery of Justice Gulf researcher Nicholas McGeehan talks about Bahrain's 2011 protests, how the ensuing government crackdown affects the oil-rich monarchy today, and how one researches a country that refuses to grant Human Rights Watch an entry visa. See the Latest News in the Middle East/North Africa >> share on: VIDEO Bahrain: A System of Injustice. Watch Now >> SOCIAL MEDIA Follow Human Rights Watch on Twitter: Follow Now >> TWEET OF THE WEEK Today Hollande should discuss w Putin the existential threat to Russia's civil society. http://ow.ly/xFnlG Follow Rachel Denber >> Thank you for supporting Human Rights Watch. Follow us on: Home | Take Action | Donate | Privacy Human Rights Watch - 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor New York, NY 10118 USA Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700 | news@hrw.org

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