In the hope of having their grievances redressed, Chinese petitioners from all over China visit the state petitioning office in Beijing. This week, however, the annual “Two Sessions” meeting has seen increasing numbers of petitioners being detained in Beijing and across the country due to heightened security around the state meetings.
The “Two Sessions” are the Chinese communist regime’s annual plenary sessions, where the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference meet simultaneously in Beijing. Held separately, the rubber-stamp meetings are marked each year by massive increases in security and surveillance.
A number of Chinese petitioners told the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times about the huge increase in suppression they have experienced in recent days….