Police in southwestern China assaulted and detained five villagers who took part in a demonstration by more than 2,000 farmers protesting inadequate land compensation, a human rights group said yesterday.
The protesters took to the streets of Zigong, a city in Sichuan Province, on April 20 to ask the new mayor for more money for the land they gave up, the New York-based Human Rights in China (HRIC) said in a news release.
Liu Zhengyou, Mao Xiulan, Chen Shoulin, Chen Xiaoling and Deng Shufen were among more than 100 peasants who staged a protest in the city square, carrying banners and distributing flyers detailing their complaints, HRIC said.
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