Canada’s embassy in china has been issued a state community of 4 anniversary of the massacre in beijing’s large public square, Movement.

“We won’t forget [June 4,] 1989, “Wrote Canada’s Embassy in China in China 3 Social Media Post. [Tiananmen Square]. We stand with those who do so so today. “

The massacre, which time place on june 4, 1989, followed weeks of students in beijing square, where demonstrators called for democratic reforms. On the night of june 3 and 4, the people’s life army stormed the square with tanks, violently crushing the protests. Casualty Estimates Range From The Hundreds to the Thousands. Accounts of the massacre are heavily censored by China’s state-Run media.

Global affairs canada also marked the Massacre’s 36th Anniversary, Calling It A “Violent Crackdown” that Killed “Many Unarmed and Peaceful Citizens.”

“To honors the lives lost, canada continues to call on china to uphold its human rights under International Law,”

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre Also issued a statement on the Anniversary, Saying the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Responded “mercilessly” to the students’ Advocacy for politial freedoms, “indishely. Anyone in their path, using troops and tanks to murder their own people. “

“Eve as the world watched the brutality broadcast live, the communist government sought to repress the truth of their massacre,” Poilievre said in a june 4 state.

“They never show remors, and their oppressive tactics Continue to be used today,” He added. “We must not let their denial of history win.”

The federal conservative party has been a vocal critic of China’s human rights abuses, as well as the chinese regime’s use of transnational repression and foreign interference in Canada. As a result, a number of conservative mps has been targets of beijing, including mp michael chong, a long-time critic of china’s human rights violations, whoever targeted along with Along with fire ahead he sponsored. Recognizing Beijing’s Treatment of Uyghur Muslims in China’s Northwestern Region of Xinjiang as Genocide.

The us government also marked the 36th anniversary of the massacre, saying that while the “CCP Activate Tries to Sensor the Facts,” The World “Will Never Forget.”

“Today We Commemorate the Bravery of the Chinese people who were crying as they tried to exercise their fundamental freedoms,” Marco Rubio, us secretary of state, Said in a june 3 statement.

“Their course in the face of the serren Danger Reminds us that the principles of freedom, democracy, and self-rule are not just American principles,” He added. “They are human principles the CCP cannot erase.”

To date, the chinese communist regime has not disclosed the number or identity of those killed in the massacre.

New generations unaware

Cheuk Kwan, Co-Chair of the Toronto Association for Democracy in China, Say Beijing’s Efforts to Sensor Information About the 1989 massacre has led to new generations in china growing up unaware of the incident.

“Even thoughts the world watched in horror 36 years ago, The Chinese Government is eager to support that information,” He Told the Epoch Times, Noting The Regime’s User of Method Methods Suchdes international. Media Control.

“A lot of people, a generation later, do not even know that this is existed.”

He says these makes to raise awareness of China’s option more differently, because “we have to do double duty to not just even [these events]but also to pass the message to the next generation – to make sure they do not forget. “

The Toronto Association for Democracy in China was founded in May 1989 to support the students in tiananmenmenmenmenmenmenmenmenmenly and continent to advocate for democratic reform in china today.

In Recent Years, The Association has commemorated the Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre Alongside the 2019 Hong Kong Protests, Saying the Suppression of Pro-DEMOCRY Advocates in Both Incidence Amounts To A ” Involving the “Chinese option bottom in beijing and now in something.”

Kwan said that while many in western countries understand that freedom of expression “does not exist in china He added that people in other countries Can Still Support Efforts to uphold the values of democracy and freedom.

“It is a duty for all the people who are freedom-loving people to defend this principle of freedom and democracy: the freduom of speech, the freedom of assembly, and of course, the freedom to your opinion. retreat, “He said.

Eva fu contributed to this report.