Beijing, June 6 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation has condemned China for preventing the family members of the victims killed in Beijing’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown from visiting their loved ones’ graves during this week’s 37th anniversary, describing the move as a “heartless act”.Amnesty International said that the Chinese authorities must be held accountable for the grave human rights violations committed during the June 4, 1989 crackdown. It further demanded that the fa…
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Beijing, April 11 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation has called on the Chinese authorities to ensure that human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng is allowed to reunite with his family in Beijing without restrictions ahead of his expected release from prison nearly after three years following a “baseless subversion” conviction. According to Amnesty International, Yu Wensheng is due to be released on April 13 after completing a three-year sentence for “inciting subversion of state …