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China police detain hundreds around parliament

9 mars 2006, 00:00

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Chinese police have rounded up hundreds of petitioners who converged on Beijing to air grievances during the ongoing session of China?s parliament, rights group Amnesty International said.

Police raided hostels in Beijing on the night of Tuesday last week and detained more than 400 people who had come from around the country, the group said in a statement seen yesterday.

The group did not say what happened to those detained. ast countryside out of Beijing.

Police also cracked down on dissidents before the parliament meeting began, detaining and questioning an outspoken human rights lawyer in Beijing on Saturday after reportedly grabbing at least eight democracy campaigners involved in hunger strikes.

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