May 20th, 2009
Liu Zhihua, the last-known prisoner jailed on the charge of hooliganism after protesting against the crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy movement has been released from jail in China in advance of the 20th anniversary of the protests.Read more here (http://www NULL.guardian NULL.co NULL.uk/world/2009/may/19/tiananmen-square-leader-released-jail)Tags: Tags: china, Liu Zhihua, Tiananmen square,
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