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Author: Li Enci
2020-06-06 12:18
Date of last update: 2020-06-06 13:23This year is the 31st anniversary of the June 4th Incident. The Stakeholders’ Association today (6th) announced the launch of a crowdfunding plan to raise 1.5 million yuan to build a permanent “June 4th Human Rights Memory Museum” for the 1989 democracy movement on the Internet next September. Historical archives, relics of the dead and evidence of the CCP’s forceful suppression.
Li Zhuoren, chairman of the stake committee, said that he felt the urgency of setting up a museum this year because the CCP’s intervention in Hong Kong has intensified. He hoped that the museum would go international and be visible to the people in mainland China.
Exhibits at the June 4th Memorial Hall in Hong Kong. (Photo by Huang Baoying)
The "June 4th Human Rights Memory Museum" crowdfunding plan was launched on June 4 this year on the international platform Kickstarte for a period of 60 days. The goal is to raise 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars. The museum hopes to set up a professional curatorial team to conduct continuous research and dynamic exhibitions in the coming year, and translate the archives into English; at the same time, conduct a questionnaire survey to understand the actual needs of citizens for the historical archives of the 1989 democracy movement.
Mai Haihua, member of the Standing Committee of the Standing Committee and chairman of the Management Committee of the June 4th Human Rights Memory Museum, said that the June 4th Internet Museum plans to do three things, first of all, to collect and store archives scattered around the world for the past 30 years, and then permanently preserve it; then set up an academic committee and A curatorial advisory group invites scholars and artists to design online interactive exhibitions; after stable use, other social movement memorials will be established, or the human rights database will be digitized.
The establishment of a museum is imminent, worrying about the national security law and strangling the truth
Li Zhuoren, chairman of the stake committee, said that the online museum is expected to open in September next year. He admits that there will be instability in the future, but he will rule out all the difficulties. He hoped that the museum could reach the world and make it visible to the people in mainland China. He also said that he felt the urgency of establishing a museum this year because the CCP’s intervention in Hong Kong has intensified, and the National Security Law "killed" Hong Kong, which will further stifle the truth and fear that it will be further suppressed in the future.
Li Xu said that in the past, the SFC set up a fundraising station at the Victoria Park June 4th Party. Last year, it raised more than 2.7 million yuan in one night. However, this year's mourning party was not approved, and the SFC has no venue in the Victoria Park. Raising money, he raised only 800,000 yuan all night. He described it as "not enough daily expenses." He expressed confidence in the museum's fundraising, "there will be no spot for meeting the standards", and the remaining funds will be allocated to the branch's daily expenses.
The four members of the Support Committee offered white flowers to Li Wangyang and paid a minute of silence in mourning. (Photo by Li Enci)
Assuming that online museums can also be electronically stored if they are attacked
Zou Xingtong, vice chairman of the branch association, said that due to the limited physical space, the establishment of an online museum can save a lot of precious materials, such as the story of the 1989 democracy movement in other cities in China, and the preliminary work of the democracy movement, etc., will also occur in the same period in Eastern Europe. Comparison of social operations. She believes that citizens have a higher initiative to visit online museums and can read their favorite materials on their own pages. In addition, online museums can also design small games with interactive elements. She also said that the SFC will pay attention to the issue of network security and will make preparations for the preparatory work, assuming that online museums are attacked and electronic materials can be stored offline.
A minute of silence in silence for Li Wangyang
Today is the death taboo of the late Chinese pro-democracy activist Li Wangyang. Before the press conference, four members of the SCC presented him with white flowers and observed a minute of silence in mourning. Li Zhuoren said that when Li Wangyang was found dead by hanging his neck, his feet were attached to the slippers on the ground, believing that he was "suicide" and paying tribute to his promotion of workers' sense of democracy.
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The Support Committee launched a crowdfunding plan to raise 1.5 million yuan to build a permanent "June 4th Human Rights Memory Museum" for the 1989 Democratic Movement. (Photo by Li Enci)
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