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DATE=6/2/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233192 
TITLE=TIANANMEN/ AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (L-ONLY)  CQ
BYLINE=GRACE CUTLER
DATELINE=HONG KONG
CONTENT=
VOICED BY AMY BICKERS 
INTRO:  AS ACTIVISTS IN HONG KONG PREPARE TO MARK THE JUNE 4TH 
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BLOODY CHINESE ARMY CRACKDOWN ON TIANANMEN 
SQUARE DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATORS, CHINA SAYS IT WILL NOT REVISE ITS
VERDICT THAT THE PROTEST WAS A COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY REBELLION.  
AMY BICKERS HAS THIS REPORT FROM HONG KONG.
TEXT:  CHINESE OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL NOT CHANGE THEIR OFFICIAL 
JUDGMENT ON THE JUNE 1989 TIANANMEN SQUARE UPRISING.
CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN ZHU BANGZAO, SPEAKING 
(TUESDAY) THROUGH AN INTERPRETER, SAID THE GOVERNMENT STANDS BY 
ITS ACTIONS AGAINST THE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN 1989.
                         /// ZHU ACT ///
         ON THE POLITICAL DISTURBANCES, CHINA'S COMMUNIST PARTY 
         AND GOVERNMENT HAVE MADE A CORRECT CONCLUSION.  THERE IS
         NO NECESSITY TO MAKE A REASSESSMENT ON THIS ISSUE.
                         /// END ACT ///
THIS COMES AS PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS IN HONG KONG ARE PREPARING 
FOR CEREMONIES TO COMMEMORATE THE NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
MASSACRE.  A CANDLE-LIGHT VIGIL WILL BE HELD IN HONG KONG'S 
VICTORIA PARK -- THE FIRST VIGIL SINCE HONG KONG RETURNED TO 
CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY LAST YEAR. 
MR. ZHU ALSO SAID THE UPCOMING ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE HELD IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH HONG KONG'S MINI-CONSTITUTION -- THE BASIC LAW.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CHINA RESEARCHER ARLETTE LA DUGUIE SAYS 
THIS YEAR'S ANNIVERSARY CEREMONIES HOLD SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE. 
                      /// LA DUGUIE ACT ///
         IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.  IT IS AN 
         EXPRESSION OF SOLIDARITY FOR THE VICTIMS OF 1989 FROM 
         WITHIN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
                         /// END ACT ///
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL APPEALED (TUESDAY) TO CHINESE PRESIDENT 
JIANG ZEMIN TO RELEASE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS HELD IN CONNECTION
WITH JUNE 1989 STUDENT-LED DEMONSTRATIONS.  
THE LONDON-BASED HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP SAYS THEY HAVE DOCUMENTED AT 
LEAST 250 PEOPLE STILL IMPRISONED IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
TIANANMEN SQUARE INCIDENT, AND BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY MORE.  THEY
ALSO APPEALED TO OTHER GOVERNMENTS TO CONTINUE PRESSING BEIJING 
FOR THE RELEASE OF ALL PRISONERS.   (SIGNED)
NEB/GC/RAE
. (SIGNED)
NEB/GC/
02-Jun-98 7:52 AM EDT (1152 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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