allegations of human rights violations in China were based on "groundless rumours". As the documentation demonstrated, that claim was patently incorrect. The material provided to the Secretary-General, as well as that gathered since, was based on numerous detailed, eyewitness accounts, official Chinese Government laws, policies and actions, and the Chinese media. The hard evidence was overwhelming and incontrovertible. ILHR urged the Sub-Commission to seek further transmission of information on the situation in China to the Commission on Human Rights. 4. Since martial law had been lifted in Beijing and Lhasa, a total of 881 persons detained in the aftermath of the events of 4 June 1989 were officially reported to have been released. However, the Chinese Government continued to_refuse to produce lists of the detainees released and of those E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.l6 page 3 who remained in detention; further, it refused to confirm the whereabouts of many of those who had been detained. Although the release of significant numbers of political detainees was a welcome humanitarian development, it was a cosmetic gesture masking the systematic political repression which continued to result in serious infringements of human rights. Many detainees had been released only with onerous conditions as to re-arrest. Some had been re-detained afterwards. Martial law restrictions on freedom of association and assembly and on freedom of expression had been codified into regular statutes. ILHR, together with the Ad hoc Study Group for Human Rights in China, had prepared some documentary material on the nature and extent of the repression. It was available to those who wished to obtain copies. Much of it detailed reprisals by the Chinese Government against persons who had been active in, or sympathetic to, the aims of the pro-democracy movement. 5. The Chinese Government's intention to suppress the expression of diverse 
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on the human rights situation in China, detailing allegations of violations, government actions, and the response of international organizations. The content is more concerned with the political and social aspects of human rights rather than economic or environmental issues.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights