Historical recovery status: Archived media-coverage page located on FreeChina.net.
A FreeChina.net media page preserves an Agence France-Presse report dated November 18, 1998 covering two developments: a petition by dissidents asking authorities to reassess the official treatment of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, and the planned closed trial of Shanghai software businessman Lin Hai.
AFP reported that a letter from Lin Hai’s wife objecting to a closed proceeding had been faxed by the U.S.-based Free China Movement Network. The historical report is preserved as evidence of the movement’s role in circulating the appeal; legal and factual claims in the letter remain attributed to the people and organizations quoted.
Provenance
- Outlet: Agence France-Presse
- Original report date: November 18, 1998
- Historical FreeChina.net files:
/coverage/english/afp1118.htmand/coverage/english/afp1118l.htm - Recovery classification: Archived Media Coverage