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Chinese pro-democracy activists charged with ‘picking quarrels’ for commemorating Tiananmen Square massacre

By Blake Seitz
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Chinese pro-democracy activists charged with ‘picking quarrels’ for commemorating Tiananmen Square massacre

China’s Communist Party is still trying to whitewash history, 25 years after the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Last week, Human Rights in China reported that pro-democracy activists Chen Wei and Yu Shiwen were formally arrested following their detention two months ago and charged with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” for holding small gatherings to commemorate the June 4, 1989, massacre.

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