{"id":35935,"date":"2021-06-03T17:48:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T00:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=35935"},"modified":"2021-06-03T17:48:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T00:48:35","slug":"on-the-32nd-anniversary-of-tiananmen-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=35935","title":{"rendered":"On the 32nd Anniversary of Tiananmen Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>06\/03\/2021 07:12 PM EDT<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Tomorrow marks\u00a0the\u00a032nd\u00a0anniversary of\u00a0the\u00a0Tiananmen Square\u00a0massacre.\u00a0\u00a0Named after the nearby Gate of Heavenly Peace, the square is instead synonymous\u00a0with the brutal actions by the Government of the\u00a0People\u2019s\u00a0Republic of China\u00a0(PRC)\u00a0in 1989\u00a0to silence tens of thousands of\u00a0individuals\u00a0advocating to have a say in their government and exercise their\u00a0human rights and\u00a0fundamental freedoms.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">These individuals\u00a0had a noble\u00a0and\u00a0simple\u00a0request:\u00a0Reco<wbr><\/wbr>gnize and respect our\u00a0human rights,\u00a0which\u00a0are enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.\u00a0\u00a0Instead of meeting this request with\u00a0dignity\u00a0and open debate, PRC authorities responded with violence.\u00a0\u00a0The courage\u00a0of the brave\u00a0individuals who stood shoulder-to-shoulder\u00a0on June 4\u00a0reminds\u00a0us\u00a0that we must never stop seeking transparency\u00a0on\u00a0the events of that day, including a full accounting of all those killed,\u00a0detained, or\u00a0missing.\u00a0The Tiananmen demonstrations are echoed in the struggle for democracy and freedom\u00a0in Hong Kong, where\u00a0a\u00a0planned vigil to commemorate the massacre in Tiananmen Square was banned by local authorities.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The United States\u00a0will\u00a0continue to\u00a0stand with the people of China\u00a0as they\u00a0demand\u00a0that their government respect\u00a0universal human rights.\u00a0\u00a0We\u00a0honor\u00a0the sacrifices of those killed\u00a032 years ago, and the brave\u00a0activists who carry on their efforts today\u00a0in the face of\u00a0ongoing\u00a0government\u00a0repressi<wbr><\/wbr>on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-5104977950479398172mail_footer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>06\/03\/2021 07:12 PM EDT Antony J.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35936,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35935\/revisions\/35936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}