China: Police crackdown against activists outside forced eviction trial

Headline Title: Police in China must end the crackdown against hundreds of supporters of a man on trial fo 04 February 2015 Police in China must end the crackdown against hundreds of supporters of a man on trial for killing two members of a demolition gang that stormed into his home and beat his family in a violent forced eviction, Amnesty International said. On Wednesday, dozens of police officers were deployed to block more than 300 supporters of Fan Mugen from attending the start of his trial at Suzhou Municipal Intermediate People’s Court in eastern China. Fan Mugen…

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