China should release those of its citizens imprisoned since the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown if it wants the European Union to end its arms ban, a senior EU delegation told their hosts in Beijing yesterday.
The request for an amnesty, one of four areas in which the EU is seeking better human rights, raises the bar for lifting the 16-year embargo, making a change unlikely this year.
Jonathan Watts: Tiananmen inmates linked to EU arms embargo
Posted by Sophie Beach | May 11, 2005
Categories : China & the World,Politics
Tags :1989 protests,arms embargo,EU
