China detains rights lawyer ahead of 25th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown


Visitors watch a video showing Chinese army soldiers entering Tiananmen Square at a museum dedicated to the 1989 pro-democracy protests and crackdown, in Tsim Sha Tsui April 27, 2014. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday detained a prominent human rights lawyer on a charge of "causing a disturbance", two lawyers said, after he attended a weekend meeting that urged a probe of the bloody suppression of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Pu Zhiqiang, a leading free-speech lawyer, has represented many well-known dissidents, including artist Ai Weiwei and activists of the "New Citizens' Movement", a group that has urged Chinese leaders to disclose their assets.

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