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<p>We are concerned at reports of detentions in relation to the 25th anniversary of
the Tiananmen Square incident, and we raised our concerns about this with the Chinese
authorities during the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue in London on 20 May 2014. The
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. friend the Member
for East Devon (Mr Swire), also raised this issue with the Chinese authorities on
19 May and made a statement on 21 May. We also fully support the EU statement of 28
May calling for the release of all those imprisoned for the peaceful expression of
their views.</p><p>We were pleased to see that on 5 June the Chinese authorities released
a number of those who had been arrested after attending an event to commemorate the
Tiananmen Square incident in 1989.</p>
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