[Channel 4 News] China declares dissidents "insane"

2008.06.04 By Lindsey Hilsum: Nineteen years after the Tiananmen Square crackdown, Lindsey Hilsum reports on the fate of one political dissident in China. Today marks the nineteenth anniversary of the bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protests in China's Tiananmen Square. Protesters laid roses in commemoration outside the Chinese embassy in Australia, and a similar protest is planned in London later today. In Tiananmen Square itself, policemen kept a close watch on crowds to make sure there was no trouble at the daily flag-raising ceremony. But just weeks ahead of the Beijing Olympics, Channel 4 News has learned of new human rights abuses. Lindsey Hilsum has an exclusive report on the fate of one political dissident.

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