Tiananmen Anniversary Events

Sydney - 4 June
5pm. Public memorial event. Part of "Tank Man Tango", a memorial made of dancing bodies in cities around the world. (Location to be confirmed). Info about Tank Man Tango: http://www.forget2forget.com
Sydney - 4 June
7pm. "649" exhibition at Serial Space, 33 Wellington St, Chippendale, Sydney.
(Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=78311153194)

Montreal - 1 June
7pm: Forum "Tiananmen, 20 Years Later". 535, avenue Viger Est , Centre d'archives de Montréal.
http://charlesburton.blogspot.com/2009/05/tiananmen-20-ans-plus-tard.html
Toronto - 31 May
1pm - 4pm: "From Tiananmen '89 to Charter '08: China's Road to Democracy". Public forum in English and Mandarin, with former Tiananmen student leader Wang Dan. University of Toronto OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor Street West.
Toronto - 31 May
6:30pm: Rally and March. Chinese Consulate, 240 St. George Street. Organised by Toronto Association for Democracy in China & Federation for a Democratic China.
Toronto - 31 May
7:30pm: Candlelight Vigil. Tiananmen Memorial, Hart House Circle, University of Toronto. Organised by Toronto Association for Democracy in China & Federation for a Democratic China.

Toronto - 4 June
12 noon: Madness in the Square. Event in remembrance of the Tiananmen Massacre including bike-in, die-in, music, theatre and poetry. Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto City Hall.
(For all Toronto events - contact phone: 416 800 4040, email: info@chkl.ca)

Vancouver - 30 May
1pm - 3pm: "Yellow Flower to the Martyrs". Event at Vancouver Art Gallery, Robson Street. Contact: Henry Chau (Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement) 604 322 8693.
Vancouver - 31 May
From 10am: "Tribute to the Goddess of Democracy". Memorial service. 10am at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 3789 Royal Oak Avenue, Burnaby. 12 noon in front of Student Union Building, UBC. Contact: Henry Chau (Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement) 604 322 8693.

Vancouver - 4 June
10am - 3pm: Demonstration at Chinese Consulate, 288-1338 West Broadway. Contact phone: 604 618 9778, email: haanmeijie@hotmail.com
(Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=64310996540)
Vancouver - 4 June
From 7pm: Democracy walk and candlelight vigil. 7pm at Granville Street / 6th Avenue, walk to the Chinese Consulate, 3380 Granville Street. Outside the consulate from 8pm. Contact: Henry Chau (Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement) 604 322 8693.

Prague - 4 June
from 4.30pm: Protest in front of the Chinese Embassy, Pelleova Street, Prague 6. Will include "Roses for Tchien-an-men" and "Graffiti" making. Graffiti making from 4.30pm. Protest from 5.30pm. Organized by Amnesty International, Czech Republic: http://www.amnesty.cz/verejne-akce/Graffiti-pred-cinskou-ambasadou/
Concert on 4 June. Details in Czech at
(Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=84605319210)

Paris - 3 June
7pm - 9pm: veillée sur le parvis des droits de l'Homme au Trocadéro à Paris. Organised by Amnesty International in collaboration with other NGOs. Full details in French at  http://www.amnesty.fr/index.php/amnesty/s_informer/actualites/4_juin_198...
Paris - 4 June
from 7pm: minuit- soirée de commémoration à la maison des métallos
(94 rue Jean Pierre Timbaud- Paris 11e). Organised by Amnesty International in collaboration with other NGOs. Full details in French at  http://www.amnesty.fr/index.php/amnesty/s_informer/actualites/4_juin_198...

Note: A PDF document (in French) detailing the events and campaign activities in France can be downloaded at: http://www.tibet-info.net/www/IMG/pdf/4juin2009.pdf

Frankfurt - 3 June
6pm - 8pm: Solidarity protest in front of the Chinese Consulate, Mainzer Landstr. 175, Frankfurt/Main. Organised by Students for a Free Tibet - Deutschland, email: info@studentsforafreetibet.de.
Frankfurt - 4 June
4.30pm - 6pm:  Solemn vigil in front of the Chinese Consulate, Mainzer Landstr. 175, Frankfurt/Main. Further details from Tibet Initiative Deutschland office@tibet-initiative.de.
Hameln - 4 June
4pm - 6pm:  Information booth on Tibet in Hameln city centre. Further details from Tibet Initiative Deutschland office@tibet-initiative.de.
Geissen - 4 June
6pm: Movie screening of "The Gate of Heavenly Peace",  free entrance. Margarete-Bieber-Saal, Ludwigstr. 34, University of Giessen. Organised by Students for a Free Tibet - Deutschland, email: info@studentsforafreetibet.de.
Weimar - 4 June
"Tank Man Tango", a memorial made of dancing bodies in cities around the world. Hosted by ACC Galerie, Burgplatz 1+2, Weimar. (Further details to be announced.)  Info about Tank Man Tango: http://www.forget2forget.com.
(Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=78311153194)

Kowloon - 16 May - June 14
12noon - 8pm: Art Exhibit "When Loving One's Country Is Precarious". Part of the P-at-riot June Fourth Festival for Post-80s Generation. Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan.
http://p-at-riot.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post_11.html

Kowloon - 23 May
3pm & 4:30pm: Book reading and picnic. Part of the P-at-riot June Fourth Festival for Post-80s Generation. Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan.
http://p-at-riot.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post_19.html
Kowloon - 29 May
7pm - 11pm: Concert: That Summer Was Especially Hot. Par of the P-at-riot June Fourth Festival for Post-80s Generation. HKICC Shau Kee School of Creativity Field, 135 Junction Rd.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=75253884162
Victoria Park - 31 May
3pm. Rally and march to HKSAR Government Headquarters. Organised by HK Alliance.
http://www.alliance.org.hk/64/6420/?page_id=521

Victoria Park - 4 June
8pm - 11pm. Candlelit vigil. Organised by HK Alliance.
http://www.alliance.org.hk/64/6420/?page_id=521
Wan Chai - 25 May, 1, 8 & 15 June
7pm: Movie screenings & discussion    . Part of the P-at-riot June Fourth Festival for Post-80s Generation. 1/F Foo Tak Building, 365 Hennessy Rd.
http://p-at-riot.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-post_2612.html

India: 1 - 4 June
On 1 June Tibetan NGOs in India are planning to hold a press conference calling on Tibetans to stand in solidarity with Chinese dissidents and to mark 'white China' day by wearing white clothes on 4 June. Candle light vigils and screenings of a documentary film on Tiananmen Square are also being planned. (Further details will be posted when available.) Contact ITSN's Asia Region Coordinator choedup@tibetnetwork.org.

Osaka - 3 June
7pm: Vigil and rally. Utsubo Park west gate, near 2cho-me , Utsubo honmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka-city. Organiser: Yasuo Ryouki at Amnesty International Japan, email: amenofuchikoma@hotmail.co.jp.
Tokyo - 4 June
6pm: Rally. Tokyo Geijutu Gekijo 5th floor Conference Hall, 1-8-1,Nishi Ikebukoro,  Toshima -ku, Tokyo. 2 minutes walk from JR yamate-line station, Ikebukuro west exit. Contact: Mr Wan, +81(0)80-6587-8830.

Singapore - 4 June
8pm. Collective public performance of the "Tank Man Tango", a memorial made of dancing bodies in cities around the world. The Substation Theatre, 45 Armenian St. Info about Tank Man Tango: http://www.forget2forget.com.
Singapore - 5 June
11am - 9pm. Public art installation of paper statues of the "Goddess of Democracy". Substation Gallery, 45 Armenian St.
(Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=78311153194)

Belfast - 4 June
11am: Demonstration. Amnesty International activists will gather on the steps of Parliament Buildings to hand in a letter to lay a wreath to all those massacred during the Tiananmen Square Uprising. Location: The steps of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Contact: fionna.smyth@amnesty.org.uk.
ADD LINK http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=1223
Cambridge - 4 June
8pm - 9pm: "A River of lights for Tiananmen", a floating lantern ceremony. Lanterns can also be adopted, with proceeds going to Tiananmen Mothers. Organised by Amnesty International Cambridge and Chinese Salon. Fort St. Geroge Pub, Mid Summer Commons, Cambridge University. email htc21@cam.ac.uk.
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/salon/6420_eng/Action2009/0D0F94A8-6791-4E67-B4...
Glasgow - 4 June
7pm: "Tiananmen Square: Twenty Years On". Amnesty International panel discussion with experts considering human rights in China. Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road. Contact: john.watson@amnesty.org.uk
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=1173

Leeds - 30 May
12:30pm - 4pm: Demonstration, action and stall. Organised by Leeds Amnesty International. Victoria Gardens (in front of the library) Headrow. Contact: anna.smart@amnesty.org.uk
(Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113856138664)

London - 3 June
6.30pm - 8.30pm: "No Forgetting", seminar (in Chinese, translation available) followed by memorial service.  Speakers include Wu Renhua, author of "Inside Story: the Bloody Clearance in Tiananmen Square" and Wang Rongfen, a survivor of life sentence for anti-revolution during Cultural Revolution. Organised by Imperial College Students Union. Clore Theatre, Huxley Building, Imperial College.
London - 4 June
10am - 1pm: "Justice through Accountability". Rally organised by Amnesty International UK. Speakers include Wu Renhua and survivors from 1989. Opposite the Chinese Embassy, 49-51 Portland Place. Contact: Kristyan Benedict, email kristyan.benedict@amnesty.org.uk
London - 4 June
5.30pm - 8.40pm: "20th Anniversary of 4th June Students Movement - The History and Memory". Seminar organised by the Centre of  Chinese Studies, SOAS.  Speakers include Zhang Wei, scholar, Ma Jian, author of "Beijing Coma", and more. Khalili Theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square.
London - 4 June
Candlelit vigil in evening at Chinese Embassy. 49-51 Portland Place. (time tbc).

Sheffield - 30 May
7pm - 8pm. Sheffield Amnesty International group will host a "lantern event" to commemorate the anniversary. In front of Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street. Contact phone: 07870257036 Email: ggwjones@btinternet.com
(Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=73951583018)

Southampton - 4 June
7.30pm. Film screening of "The Tank Man". Nuffield, Lecture Theatre A, University Road.
(Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=81621423455)

Evanstown, IL  - 1 June
1pm - 6pm: "Remembering Tiananmen" 20th Anniversary Symposium at Northwestern University, with keynote speech by Wang Dan. Hardin Hall, Rebecca Crown Center, 633 Clark St.
http://www.bcics.northwestern.edu/events/conferences/2009Tiananmen.html

Evanstown, IL  - 1-30 June
Exhibition & films: The Northwestern University Library will commemorate the anniversary through an exhibit of books and photographs (1st - 30th June) as well as the showing of four films (1st - 4th June).
http://planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/387148

Los Angeles - 24 May
1pm: "Spirit of Freedom". Special reception with Fang Zheng, includes photo exhibition and brunch. Tickets can be bought in advance. Contact 310 539 0234, email vag@visual-artists-guild.org.
http://www.visual-artists-guild.org
Los Angeles - 31 May
March (no further details)

Los Angeles - 4 June
Candlelit vigil at Chinese Consulate (no further details)
Miami - 4 June
7:30pm -  9:30 pm: Vigil, poetry reading & petition. Organised by Amnesty International. Bagua, 4732 NE 2 Avenue.
(Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=29740762122)
New York - 29 May-28 June
"Zero", exhibition by photographer Khiang Hei commemorating the anniversary. Christopher Henry Gallery, 127 Elizabeth St. Contact phone: 212 244 6004, email: info@christopherhenrygallery.com
(Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/s.php?eid=50393217614)
New York - 3 June
6:30pm: Tiananmen Mothers - 20 Years Later. Screening, panel discussion and reception. Organised by Human Rights in China. Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue.
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/166214

San Francisco - 31 May
4.30pm: Commemoration. In front of the Status of Goddess of Democracy, Portsmouth Square, Chinatown. Organised by Chinese Democracy Education Foundation.
5.30pm - 8.30pm: Panel discussion. Sun Yetsien's Memorial Hall, 836 Stockton Street. Organised by Chinese Democracy Education Foundation.

San Francisco - 2 June
7:00pm - 10:00pm: Panel Discussion with Tibetan and Chinese scholars. Dr. Tashi Rabgay, Dr. Lobsang Sangay, and Dr. Chongde Feng will discuss Tibet, China and Tiananmen. Location: Gaia Arts Center, Berkeley, CA 94704. Organised by Tibetan Association of Northern California - Click here for Detial
San Francisco - 4 June
8pm - 10pm: Candlelit vigil. Portsmouth Square. Organised by Amnesty International & some members of the Chinese Tibetan Friendship Group. email: sfcoordinator@aiusa.org

Seattle - 31 May
1pm - 4pm: Rally, with speakers including Chinese, Tibetan, Taiwanese and Hong Kong activists, plus Fang Zheng, Special Olympics athlete who has been denied the right to compete internationally by the Chinese Government because his injuries occurred at Tiananmen Square when he was run over by a tank. Hing Hay Park, corner of King St. & Maynard Ave. - International District, 423 Maynard Ave. S. Contact (*82) 206-792-5526, 206-328-7753.
Washington DC - 30 May
7pm - 9pm: Concert, candlelit vigil & memorial service. Speakers include Wang Dan & Fang Zheng. Washington Monument, 15th Street NW. email: remember64.org@gmail.com
http://www.remember64.org

Washington DC - 2 June
9am to 2pm: Two panel discussions examining the lasting impact of Tiananmen on freedom of expression and political reform in China. Oraganised by Laogai Research Foundation and National Endowment for Democracy. Location: NED, Suite 800, 1025 F St. NW, Washington, DC 20004
http://www.laogai.org/news2/newsimg/2009/05/2009-05-3368-671.jpg
Washington DC - 4 June
10:30am: Press conference by three men imprisoned for defacing Mao's portrait during the Tiananmen protest. Photo exhibition, Tiananmen 20 Years On, by Pulitzer Prize winning photographers David and Peter Turnley. Organised by Laogai Research Foundation. Location: US capital Building, Rayburn House Office Building.
http://www.laogai.org/news2/newsimg/2009/05/2009-05-3368-671.jpg
Washington DC - 4 June
10am - 2pm: Commemorative Rally on the Capitol West Lawn. Will include more than 25 Chinese dissident groups, Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House) and other government and human rights leaders and artists.
ADD LINK http://initiativesforchina.org/tiananmen-20th-anniversary-commemorative-...