Chinese labour activist Liu Shaoming is the latest victim of the authorities’ relentless assault on human rights after he was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail for publishing his story of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, Amnesty International said. On Friday, a court in Guangzhou found Liu Shaoming guilty of “inciting subversion of state power”. He has already spent more than two years in detention, after he was held by police on 30 May 2015. His detention occurred five days after he published an article on US-website Boxun.com reflecting on his involvement in China’s 1989 pro-democracy

This week marks the 26th anniversary of the massacre of hundreds if not thousands of unarmed peaceful pro-democracy protesters in Beijing and the arrest of tens of thousands of demonstrators in cities across China.

The protesters, based in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, were peacefully calling for political and economic reform. In response, the Chinese authorities responded with overwhelming force to repress the demonstrations.

“When governments like the UK fail to speak out publicly, it fuels a sense that China can get away with murder.” - Kate Allen

This morning, Wednesday 4 June, Chinese community leaders will gather in Belfast to lay flowers to remember those killed in China&r

On the eve of the 25 th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, Amnesty International has documented a further 30 activists who have been persecuted as the Chinese