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We are concerned at reports of detentions in relation to the 25th anniversary of Tiananmen
Square and raised our concerns about this with the Chinese authorities during the
UK-China Human Rights Dialogue on 20 May. The Minister of State, my Rt. Hon. Friend
the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire), raised this issue with the Chinese authorities
on 19 May and made a statement on this issue 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. We were pleased to see that on 5 June, the Chinese authorities
released a number of those arrested after attending an event to commemorate the Tiananmen
Square incident in 1989.
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