Tiananmen Mothers call for investigation, apology

Relatives of those killed during the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement urged China’s parliament to mount an investigation of the incident, AFP reported. The "Tiananmen Mothers," in a petition to the National People’s Congress (NPC), called on lawmakers to open a dialogue with families of the victims prior to the Olympic Games. In addition to an investigation of the crackdown, the petition demands compensation, public apologies and the publication of a list of those killed. The petition was released by the New York-based organization Human Rights in China. Tiananmen Mothers, led by Ding Zilin, has previously given 11 petitions to the NPC, none of which received a response from the Chinese government.