Jefferson City News

Following the China Select Committee bipartisan press conference to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) released a statement.

"Thirty-five years ago, thousands of students, workers, and citizens gathered in Tiananmen Square to demand political reform, transparency, and greater personal freedoms. They sought the fundamental rights and liberties that are the bedrock of any just society. Yet, instead of dialogue and reform, they were met with brutality and bloodshed. The world watched in horror as the CCP used military force against its own people. The exact number of lives lost remains unknown," said Congressman Luetkemeyer.

"The repression that led to the Tiananmen Square Massacre persists in China today. The CCP continues to engage in widespread human rights abuses, including the suppression of freedom of speech, assembly, and religion. The situation in Xinjiang, where over a million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities are subjected to internment camps, forced labor, and cultural eradication is particularly egregious. The erosion of autonomy and democratic freedoms in Hong Kong stands as a stark reminder of the CCP’s ongoing commitment to silencing dissent."

"On the 35th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square tragedy I wish we could say this was just a dark outlier in China’s modern history but unfortunately the CCP's continued human rights abuses to masquerade as a world power have only gotten worse."