WASHINGTON – As the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident approaches, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared Wednesday that China’s efforts to suppress information cannot eliminate the historical memory of the 1989 events where peaceful protesters were attacked.
Speaking in advance of the June 4th anniversary, Rubio issued a statement commemorating the date when Chinese Communist Party forces were directed to assault thousands of peaceful demonstrators in the Tiananmen Square area and surrounding locations.
“On June 4, the world marks 37 years since the Chinese Communist Party ordered its troops to attack thousands of peaceful demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square,” Rubio said in a statement.
The Secretary of State emphasized that attempts to silence discussion of the events would ultimately fail. “No amount of censorship can erase the past. Those who sacrificed to uphold their unalienable rights of free expression and peaceful assembly will be vindicated someday,” Rubio said.
