CHINA: Miners clash with security guards

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Updated August 21, 2007 20:20:48

A human rights group in Hong Kong says more than 2,000 miners took part in a strike earlier this month in China's Hunan Province. The Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy says the strike ended after violent clashes between miners and security guards. The workers say they were offered unfair compensation for the loss of their jobs.

Presenter: Xiaoning Mo
Speakers: Li Qiang, Chairman of China Labor Watch; Dr. Nicholas Becquelin, China researcher at Human Rights Watch

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