China in darkest period for human rights since Tiananmen, says rights group


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Jan 13, 2021 News , UK , United Kingdom China is in the midst of its darkest period for human rights since the Tiananmen Square massacre, Human Rights Watch has said in its annual report. Worsening persecutions of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Tibet, targeting of whistleblowers, the crackdown on Hong Kong and attempts to cover up the coronavirus outbreak were all part of the deteriorating situation under President Xi Jinping, the organisation said. “This has been the darkest period for human rights in China since the 1989 massacre that ended the Tiananmen Square democracy movement,” the report...