Paramilitary guards stand in front of the gates of Sweden’s embassy in Beijing on January 13, 2016. A Swedish man working for a human rights group in China has been detained on suspicion of endangering state security, his colleague said on January 12, as Beijing steps up controls on civil society. AFP PHOTO
Paramilitary guards stand in front of the gates of Sweden’s embassy in Beijing on January 13, 2016. A Swedish man working for a human rights group in China has been detained on suspicion of endangering state security, his colleague said on January 12, as Beijing steps up controls on civil society. AFP PHOTO

BEIJING: China is preventing embassy officials from speaking to a Swedish human rights worker it is holding, the group he works for said Wednesday, adding that he requires regular medical care for a potentially life threatening illness.

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