Rights Group Condemns China's Jailing of Protesters

Posted on June 2, 2006 10:47 AM | | Comments (0)

By REUTERS | The New York Times
June 01, 2006

BEIJING (Reuters) - A U.S.-based rights group on Thursday condemned China's closed-door conviction and jailing of 13 villagers for their roles in a protest that was quelled with riot police opening fire.

At least three people died and eight were wounded in Dongzhou, a village in the southern province of Guangdong, in December when police shot residents protesting against a lack of compensation for land lost to a wind power plant.

It was the most violent in a series of recent protests around the country being fueled by a growing gap between rich and poor, corruption and disputes over land rights.

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