All posts tagged "Troubles"

New York (AFP) - Chinese dissidents who took part in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests unveiled a museum in New York on Friday dedicated to remembering the "democratic dreams of the Chinese people," two days ahead of the 34th anniversary of the uprising's "brutal suppression." "The events of 1989 had an impact on China but also on the entire world," said Wang Dan, founder of the tiny museum and a leading figure in the Tiananmen Square student movement. "Today, as we begin to wake up to the threat to human civilization posed by the Xi Jinping regime, we should remember back to 1989," he said, ......

Washington (AFP) - After a year and a half of hearings and more than 1,000 depositions, the committee that investigated Donald Trump's responsibility in the early 2021 attack on the US Capitol delivers its findings on Monday. At a public hearing at 1 pm (18:00 GMT), the elected members of the House January 6 committee will present the eight chapters of its long investigation and will vote to recommend prosecution.   Here are some of the main elements of the investigation.  'An attempted coup' - The commission, comprising seven Democrats and two Republicans, was tasked with shedding light on th......

Washington (AFP) - Mourn, or move on? A year after the mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, lawmakers are trying to heal the deep rifts left behind by the insurrection that sought to overturn the election results.  "January 6th 2021 will be forever remembered as a day of enduring infamy, a permanent blemish in the story of American democracy," said Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, a few days before the anniversary. "This was aimed at undoing our democracy. Thank God, they failed," Schumer added. "They," in this case, being the crowds of demonstrators in helmets ......