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News Release 4th June 2009MICHAEL REMEMBERS BEIJING 20 YEARS AGOAddressing Harriet Harman (Leader of the House) in the Commons today (4th June), Michael Fabricant reminded the House of the events 20 years ago in Tiananmen Square in Beijing and called for a debate on human rights in modern day China. This has now been agreed. Here is the question and the answer as recorded by Hansard:- Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con): Whatever the turbulence in this place, 20 years ago in Tiananmen Square, according to the Chinese Red Cross, it was far worse when 2.500 young people had their lives snuffed out. Even this morning, journalists trying to enter Tiananmen Square were manhandled by the Chinese police. May we have a debate about human rights in China and how we can encourage the Chinese, who wish to become a modern country and a part of our modern society, to revise their internal policing and freedom policies? Ms Harman: Given that there are major human rights concerns that go beyond the roughly 30 people who, 20 years after the tragic events in Tiananmen Square, still remain in detention, it might be appropriate for a topical debate in the near future. Given the major human rights issues also arising in Burma, we might be able to combine the two and debate them together. |
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