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Professor Ding Zilin (Chinese: 丁子霖; born December 20, 1936 or January 1, 1939[1]) is currently the leader of the political pressure group Tiananmen Mothers. A Chinese character, also known as a Han character ( is a Logogram used in writing Chinese (hanzi Japanese ( Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Tiananmen Mothers is a group of Chinese democracy activists promoting a change in the government's position over the suppression of the Tiananmen Square protests of

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Biography

Ding, born in Shanghai on December 20, 1936, was professor of philosophy at People's University in Beijing[2]. Renmin University of China (RUC previously known as People's University of China ( colloquially Renda ( is a national comprehensive university located in Her husband, Jiang Peikun (蔣培坤), was head of the American Studies at the same establishment.

Ding's seventeen-year-old son, Jiang Jielian, (蔣捷連) was one of the first to be killed[3] when the People's Liberation Army crushed the Tiananmen Square protests. The People's Liberation Army ( PLA) ( is the unified Military organization of all land sea and air forces of the People's Republic of China. The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen Square Massacre (referred to in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident, to avoid confusion with two Eyewitnesses had told her that her son was shot and was left to bleed to death on the night of June 3, 1989[4]. He left the family home in defiance of the curfew, and was shot through the heart by riot police on the way to Tiananmen Square. Tiananmen Square ( is the large Plaza near the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen (literally Gate of Heavenly Peace He was rushed to the Beijing Children's Hospital, where he was pronounced "Dead on arrival"[3]. Dead on arrival or DOA is a term used to indicate that a patient was found to be dead upon the arrival of professional medical assistance such as a hospital often

Following her son's death, Ding said she attempted suicide six times[5].

In August 1989, she met another bereaved mother, and found a commonality within the self-help group, which continued growing[5] She formed a network of some 150 other families who had lost sons and daughters during the 1989 Tiananmen massacre[5], and this group became known as "Tiananmen Mothers". The Tiananmen Mothers is a group of Chinese democracy activists promoting a change in the government's position over the suppression of the Tiananmen Square protests of Ever since that day, she has been asking the government to apologize for the deaths. She and some others have faced imprisonment, house-arrest, phone-tapping and constant surveillance.

In 1991, after an interview she gave to the ABC, the government prevented her and her husband from carrying out their work or research, and were barred from publishing domestically. This article is about the American news organization See also ABC News (disambiguation ABC News is a division of American Party membership was revoked. The Communist Party of China ( CPC) ( also known as the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP) is the founding and ruling political party of the In addition, she was detained for more than 40 days. She was forced into early retirement[5]. Since her release, she was under close supervision by the authorities. Harassment continued when on September 9, 1994, she was arrested in front of the University and held by police for two hours, for having had published an article in the foreign media "hurtful to the people"[6]. Again in 1995, she and her husband were arrested in Wuxi in August 18 and incarcerated until September 30, allegedly on "economic matters", and were denied visitors[6]. Administration The Prefecture-level city of Wuxi administers 9 county-level divisions, including 7 districts and 2 county-level In 1996 Ding's husband was forced to retire early[5]. Since February 28, 2000, she has been under 24-hour surveillance by the authorities[6].

She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her efforts. The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor

In 2004, she and other Tiananmen Mothers were put under house arrest shortly before the 15th anniversary of the massacre to prevent them from holding any public memorial or protest[7]. In Justice and Law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or electronic monitoring) is a measure by which She was allegedly told by a senior official that a review of the June 4, 1989 crackdown was "out of the question. "[7] In 2006, Time magazine selected her as one of the 60 Asian heroes[2]. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and

She has been collecting the names of the those who were shot dead by the People's Liberation Army in Beijing around June 4, 1989. The People's Liberation Army ( PLA) ( is the unified Military organization of all land sea and air forces of the People's Republic of China. At the end of June of 2006, Ding was able to confirm 186 deaths through her own efforts[3] despite repeated harassment by the authorities.

She and her husband have been under house arrest as of May 24, 2004[6].

In February 8 of 2007, she won the Vasyl Stus "Freedom-to-Write" Award for her book "Looking for the June 4 victims"[8].

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References

  1. ^ The year of birth provided by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China is 1939. Since the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, the human rights issue of China has come to the forefront A dissident, broadly defined is a person who actively challenges an established doctrine policy or institution This list consists of these activists who are known as Chinese dissidents The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China (the Alliance) ( Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China Ding Zilin said in a telephone interview on October 9, 2006 that she was born in Shanghai on December 20, 1936.
  2. ^ a b Perry Link, "60 years of Asian heroes - Ding Zilin", Time Magazine, 2006
  3. ^ a b c List of the confirmed deaths, Ding Zilin, 89-64. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and org, accessed 2007-05-17 (Chinese)
  4. ^ Staff reporter, "Ma Lik didn't experience the massacre", Page A3, South China Morning Post, May 16, 2007
  5. ^ a b c d e Rebecca MacKinnon, "Ding Zilin: an advocate for the dead", CNN, June 1999
  6. ^ a b c d Democracy movement activists database, The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, Retrieved 2007-05-17
  7. ^ a b Fifteenth Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, World Press, 2004
  8. ^ 独立笔会自由写作奖在国际笔会香港会议上颁发 February 8, 2007 (Chinese)

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