Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on student and pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. The Chinese government has increased censorship ahead of the anniversary. Authorities have blocked access to social networking and email websites including Twitter and Hotmail. Foreign journalists have been barred from Tianamnen Square, and many activists have been forced to leave Beijing or confined to their homes. Zeng Jinyan, the wife of the jailed AIDS activist Hu Jia, told reporters she’s been barred from leaving her residential community.

Zeng Jinyan: “Many people, they don’t care about June 4th. But June 4th is really important for the whole country, for all the Chinese people. So if I have freedom and I have the ability, I will do civil society education through human rights education to the public.”