Two city buses block Jianguomen Avenue, the main street to Tiananmen Square, on May 21, 1989, in order to keep military forces out after the Martial Law was proclaimed in Beijing the previous day. - AFP/file
Beijing (AFP) - China plans to release the last prisoner known to be held in connection with the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests after nearly three decades in jail, a US-based human rights group said Tuesday.
Miao Deshun, 51, is due to be released in October, the Duihua Foundation said, after serving more than 27 years in prison for his involvement in the mass demonstrations that were brutally put down by China's government.
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