Beijing residents inspect the interior of one of over 20 armoured personnel carrier burnt by demonstrators to prevent the troops from moving into Tiananmen Square 04 June 1989. On the night of 03 and 04 June 1989, Tiananmen Square sheltered the last pro-democracy supporters. A series of pro-democracy protests was sparked by the April 15 death of former communist party leader Hu Yaobang. In a show of force, China leaders vented their fury and frustration on student dissidents and their pro-democracy supporters. Several hundred people have been killed and thousands wounded when soldiers moved on Tiananmen Square during a violent military crackdown ending six weeks of student demonstrations, known as the Beijing Spring movement. According to Amnesty International, five years after the crushing of the Chinese pro-democracy movement, “thousands” of prisoners remained in jail. AFP PHOTO MANUEL CENETA / AFP PHOTO / MANUEL CENETA
1989年6月4日清晨,解放軍進入天安門廣場鎮壓學生後,一輛已被焚燒的坦克遺留在街道上。攝:AFP Photo Manuel Ceneta Manuel Ceneta/ AFP
A cut-out of the Godess of Democracy, the symbol of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement, stands out in a sea of light as some 70,000 people raise their candles during a vigil to remember the movement on it’s 10th anniversary, 04 June 1999 in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park. Hundreds of people are estimated to have died when military tanks rolled into Beijing 04 June 1989 crushing the pro-democracy movement. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) AFP PHOTO/Robyn BECK / AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK