Sunday, June 03, 2012

China cracks down on Tiananmen anniversary - Mail & Guardian Online

China cracks down on Tiananmen anniversary - Mail & Guardian Online: Officers used violence against rights defenders in the southeast Fujian province and detained them, while more than 30 petitioners were held in Beijing and forced to return to their home province, the activists reported.

“Around 20 rights defenders were stopped by police and beaten this morning on May First Square,” Shi Liping, the wife of activist Lin Bingxing, told AFP by phone from Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province.

“The police said they were going to ‘beat them to death’. They took about eight people into custody, including my husband.

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