Key facts
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio commented on the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
- Rubio stated that China's censorship cannot erase the memory of the event.
- He asserted that peaceful demonstrators' sacrifices for free expression would be vindicated.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement on Wednesday, June 3, ahead of the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Rubio stated that China's censorship efforts cannot erase the memory of the 1989 events, when the Chinese Communist Party ordered troops to attack thousands of peaceful demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square. He added that those who sacrificed for their rights to free expression and peaceful assembly would eventually be vindicated.