- June Fourth Heritage & Culture Association
June Fourth Heritage & Culture Association is a
United States -based international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on the culture ofJune Fourth Movement , democracy, political freedom, and human rights.It joined the case of Shi Tao's and Xiaoning Wang's lawsuit against Yahoo!, whose Hong Kong office offered the Chinese government their personal information which caused them to be sentenced to 10 years and 12 years in jail. On November 13, 2007, Yahoo finally settled this case with Shi Tao and Xiaoning Wang with mutual agreement. [ [http://64tianwang.com/bencandy.php?fid=13&id=581 64 Tian Wang: 6.4 Association in Los Angeles auspices of Yahoo Shi Tao case hearing] .] [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/13/AR2007111300885.html The Washington Post: Yahoo Settles With Chinese Families] . ]
It published
Collection of June Fourth Poems , a work edited by some former student leaders and scholars. However, this work was banned in China by government in December, 2006. [ [http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-4-30/54706.html June 4th Poems Banned in China Poems written by exiled Tiananmen student leaders] ] [ [http://www.rti.org.tw/news/NewsContentHome.aspx?NewsID=68760&t=1 Radio of Center of Broadcast of Taiwan: Chinese government full-scale ban Collection of June Fourt Poems] ] [ [http://infowars.net/articles/november2007/281107Chinese.htm Returning Chinese Student Arrested for Political Poems] ] It also published the workCollection of Human Right Poems [ [http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BB%B4%E6%9D%83%E8%AF%97%E9%9B%86 Collection of Human Right Poems] ] by some writers, scholars, and human right activists in June 2008, which was banned in China by the government in April 2008. [ [http://www.rti.org.tw/News/NewsContentHome.aspx?NewsID=106421&t=1 Radio Taiwan International: Collection of Human Right Poems of June Fourth Heritage & Culture Association has been Banned in China] ] [ [http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-05-09-voa18.cfm Voice Of America-Chinese: Collection of Human Right Poems did not publish, but it has been Banned in China] ]June Fourth Heritage & Culture Association is brutally being repressed by the regime in China. Four important members have been sentenced in September 2007, including Feixiong Guo [ [http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision_id=45551&item_id=45547 Rights Defender Guo Feixiong Sentenced to 5 years in Prison] ] ,
Hu Jia ,Huang Qi , and Daobin Du [ [http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/1677.html Mocking a Constitution - The arrest of Du Daobin] ] .The organizations or Groups cooperating with June Fourth Heritage & Culture Association: Taiwan Foundation for Democracy [ [http://www.tfd.org.tw/english/about.php?id=en0101 About Taiwan Foundation for Democracy - Background] .] , The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles [ [http://www.taiwanembassy.org/ct.asp?xItem=13224&CtNode=2819&mp=52&xp1 About Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles] .] ,
Democratic Party (Hong Kong) ,The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China ,The Epoch Times , etc.According to Stein Toennesson who is director of the International Peace Research Institute of Oslo, the most likely winner of
Nobel Peace Prize 2008 is Hu Jia who is June Fourth Heritage & Culture Association [ [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2675045.ece Russian or Chinese dissidents tipped for Nobel Peace Prize] .] .References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
