Peking activists back 1989 protests

Thursday 26 May 1994 23:02 BST

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PEKING - Putting valour before discretion, seven of the student activists involved in the June 1989 pro-democracy demonstration yesterday publicly petitioned the Chinese government to revise its verdict on the incident, writes Teresa Poole. 'We believe the government's characterisation of it as a 'riot and a counter-revolutionary rebellion' is unjust.'

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