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Asia Cast for Thursday 4th June

The iconic image of "Tank Man" halting the advance of a column of tanks in Beijing on June 5, 1989. His true identity and fate were never known with any certainty, but his bravery has been an inspiration to many. (By Jeff Widener/Associated Press).

In this Bulletin…

- CCP even worse since Tiananmen Square;
- Cuba returns to the OAS ; and
- Suspected Mumbai attacker set free.

But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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20 years ago the world was able to see the true face, and nature of the Chinese Communist regime. Today we live in a world where nearly every country is racked with human rights issues.

At the time of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, on June 4th 1989, the world reared in revolt and disbelief that a government body could be so vicious and so cruel.

SOH would like to commemorate the Chinese people of then and know that believe in, standing up for the qualities of true human nature, and showing the true bravery of those willing to speak out peacefully.

The CCP twenty years on has only grown uglier by human rights standards, being exposed from every angle by those who know the truth of their actions, both seen and unseen.

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The Chinese people are hotly watching the proceedings of the Rape case in which a waitress in Hubei Province was sexually assaulted by two Communist Party officials on May 10, after refusing their sexual advances.

The outcome was the victim stabbing the men with a nail file to escape.

The Xinhua news agency have released statements by the police stating that it was excessive self defence to stab the officials to save herself from a probable rape.

According to bloggers, the Chinese people feel that the government will do its usual cover up to try to appease the people during the wake of the Tiananmen Square Commemorations.

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And now for the rest of today’s Asia Cast
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A suspect of last years Mumbai bombing has been set free by a Pakistani court. India has questioned the decision.

Hafiz Mohammad Saeed heads the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) charity, which the United Nations said in December was a front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba, an outlawed militant group accused of carrying out November’s assault on the Indian city.

Lawyer A.K. Dogar told reporters outside the Lahore High Court that the court had ordered that the detention of Hafiz Saeed was a violation of the constitution and the law of Pakistan.

The United States had also pressed Pakistan to take strong action against those responsible for the Mumbai attacks.

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Three Chinese men have been arrested in Thailand under the directive of the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok. A crowd was gathered outside the Chinese Embassy to Commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and protest the tyranny of the Chinese Communist Party.

Zhao Junqing was arrested after using a loudspeaker to talk about the June 4th, 1989 democracy movement as pedestrians walked by.

Other demonstrators at the scene were distributing pamphlets with information about the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Wu Haibo and Jiang Yefei were also arrested when more police were ordered there at around 5pm.

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In yet another case of the Chinese communist regime having control of world governments, two ladies, Ms Shelley Shao, 53, and Ms Yuan Li, 68, visited the tiny Island of Tonga in the South Pacific. They had come to tell locals about Falun Dafa, a Buddha school meditation practice that is being persecuted by the CCP.

The Chinese Embassy immediately wrote a directive to the Tongan government to stop them from practising their freedom of belief by teaching locals the exercises and teachings of Falun Gong, and threatened that if they did not, it would severely damage the relationship between the two parties.

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Cuba has been allowed to return to the Organization of American States with a lifting of its suspension of Cuba on Wednesday, opening the door for the communist-run island to return to the regional group after 47 years.

Washington had said Havana should not be allowed to return to the OAS until it embraces democratic principles and makes progress on human rights. U.S. President Barack Obama has taken steps toward a more open relationship with Cuba, lifting restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba for Cuban-Americans with relatives on the island.

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