Thousands of petitioners paraded from Beijing Southern Railway station towards Tiananmen Square chanting slogans on the morning of June 4, demanding that authorities indentify perpetrators who used iron chains to brutally beat a petitioner.
The mighty diplomatic pressure that China is able to exert onto Southeast Asian nations through its embassies and consulates is all bearing down on one man in Indonesia.
While BBC is canceling its Mandarin broadcasts in April 2011 VOA its Mandarin and Cantonese, Sound of Hope Radio Network announced that they will be expanding short-wave broadcasting to China.
After the wrongful loss of their broadcasting license, a three year wait for a response to their appeals, and harassment by officials and military police, staff of Radio Era Baru today can celebrate.
Under pressure from the Chinese regime, Indonesia has revoked the broadcasting license of Radio Eraburu (New Era), an affiliate of the international media company, Sound of Hope.