Evictees Stage Mass Suicide Attempt in Beijing

Thirteen protesters staged a mass suicide attempt in the Chinese capital after their bid to win compensation over forced eviction from their home left them feeling their lives were no longer worth living, activists said on Wednesday. Eight evictees were off the critical list while the rest were incommunicado a day after the group drank pesticide simultaneously in protest at their treatment by the local government following their forced eviction three years ago in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, they said. Read more