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30-0834 CHINA-PARLIAMENTARIANS
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CHINA HOLDS WESTERN MP5 AFTER PROTEST
BEIJING, April 30, Reuter
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PS & Mr Goodlad PS/ Mr Lennox-Boyd
Mrs Sutherland Sir J. Coles ~ Burns
Mr Davies, FED
Mr Benne, Cons D. Mr Cornish
China detained several West Europeans, including three parliamentarians, on Thursday after the group unfurled banners and staged a brief protest in Tiananmen Square, witnesses said.
Several journalists were also detained at the site of the 1999 pro-democracy protests which were crushed by the army. 30-0943 CHINA-PARLIAMENTARIANS #2 BEIJINO
The group of seven people from Germany, France, Switzerland, Hungary and Britain came to China on a private visit to press the government to release political prisoners and allow free trade unions,
After efforts to see Justice Ministry officials on Thursday failed, they went to Tiananmen Square in the centre of Beijing where troops and tanks crushed the 1987 student-led protests with heavy loss of life.
The Europeans unfurled two bamers calling for democracy and free trade unions.
Police quickly took the banners away, witnesses said. The
after a brief sit-down group was taken away in a police buc
protest. Four journalists were also detained.
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