Mothers of victims of China's Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 slammed the President Xi Jinping for failing to launch political reform stating that he was taking China "backwards towards Maoist Orthodoxy".
Demanding justice for those that were killed by China's state forces, the group of mothers published an open letter via Human Rights Watch, arguing that hope for political reform had descended into despair.
The group, Ding Zilin, said:
Ding Zilin called on Xi to "be courageous enough to take up the responsibility of history and pay the debts left by his predecessors".
Speaking to Reuters the groups said:
Demanding justice for those that were killed by China's state forces, the group of mothers published an open letter via Human Rights Watch, arguing that hope for political reform had descended into despair.
The group, Ding Zilin, said:
"[Xi has failed to] reflect upon or show remorse in the slightest for the sins committed during the three decades of Maoist communism".
"What we see, precisely, are giant steps backwards towards Maoist orthodoxy,"
Ding Zilin called on Xi to "be courageous enough to take up the responsibility of history and pay the debts left by his predecessors".
Speaking to Reuters the groups said:
"Everyone knows that a just resolution to the June 4 issue, a re-evaluation of June 4, will not happen by itself. It needs to be tied to progress in China's political reform and democratization."
