By Clifford Coonan in Beijing
Published: 02 June 2006

Human rights groups called for an investigation after 13 Chinese villagers were jailed for taking part in a riot last year, when police shot dead three people protesting over not receiving compensation for land which was seized for a wind- power plant.

The villagers from Dongzhou in southern China were sentenced after a closed trial. Another eight protesters were injured, marking the first time Chinese authorities have fired on and killed protesters since the massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing in 1989, which took place 17 years ago next Sunday.

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