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Human Rights in China
Chinese crackdown displays anxiety about Middle Eastern protests
22 February 2011, 10:20AM
Amnesty International has urged the Chinese authorities to stop detaining and harassing more than 100 activists targeted in an apparent attempt to block anti-government demonstrations inspired by protests across the Middle East.
China must show Xinjiang unrest trials were fair
18 January 2011, 09:39AM
Amnesty International today called on the Chinese authorities to show that all those tried in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in connection with the protests and violence in the region's capital in July 2009 were not punished for simply exercising their freedom of expression.
China urged to release Uighur activist allegedly tortured in prison
20 December 2010, 10:49AM
Amnesty International renews its call on the Chinese authorities to release an ethnic Uighur prisoner of conscience jailed on separatism charges after his family reported that he is being tortured in a Xinjiang prison.
Nobel Peace Prize a ‘dignified tribute’ to human rights defenders
11 December 2010, 05:56AM
Global recognition of Chinese writer and activist Liu Xiaobo has emphasised the significance of his message of respect for human rights.
Chinese government pressuring Chinese residents in Norway into anti-Nobel protests
9 December 2010, 08:22AM
Chinese diplomats in Norway have been systematically pressurising Chinese residents into joining anti-Nobel demonstrations, which are planned to take place in Oslo on Friday.
China must end human rights crackdown in advance of Nobel award
9 December 2010, 08:08AM
Amnesty International and Chinese human rights groups have documented hundreds of cases of people being detained, interrogated, or arrested in advance of the event honouring jailed Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo.
Nineteen countries turn down invitation to Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
8 December 2010, 12:32PM
The Nobel Committee has confirmed that nineteen countries have declined invitations to attend the Peace Price ceremony in Norway on 10 December, a rise in the usual number of declines.
Chinese AIDS activist held in ‘legal limbo’
3 December 2010, 08:30AM
Chinese AIDS activist at risk of being detained indefinitely.
China urged to release activist detained over Tiananmen photograph
2 December 2010, 11:27AM
Amnesty International has called on the Chinese authorities to release a Beijing activist detained after posting a photograph of the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations on the internet.
Landmark enforced disappearances convention to enter into force
26 November 2010, 10:12AM
New treaty an important step, but almost 90 per cent of the international community have yet to commit themselves to tackling enforced disappearances.
Chinese woman sentenced to year in labour camp over tweet
18 November 2010, 03:59PM
Amnesty International has urged the Chinese authorities to release a woman sentenced to a year in a labour camp for retweeting a supposedly anti-Japanese message.
China milk scandal activist sentencing condemned
11 November 2010, 09:06AM
Amnesty International has condemned the two-and-a-half-year sentence given to a Chinese activist who organised a support group for parents of babies made ill by tainted milk.
Human rights activists face persecution in China
19 October 2010, 09:33AM
Liu Xiaobo is just one of many human rights activists who currently languish in detention in China for exercising their right to freedom of expression.
Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize win puts spotlight on China rights violations
9 October 2010, 09:35AM
54-year-old Chinese scholar and author, Liu Xiaobo, has won the Nobel Peace Prize for his outstanding contribution to human rights. He is currently serving an 11-year sentence on charges of “inciting subversion of state power,” imposed after an unfair trial.
Blind Chinese activist under unofficial house arrest
14 September 2010, 11:24AM
China must end the surveillance and harassment of a blind human rights activist, Chen Guangcheng, who has been under unofficial house arrest since completing a four-year prison term for his involvement in a legal action against forced sterilisations and abortions.
China death penalty reforms to have little impact
24 August 2010, 09:30AM
China may remove the death penalty from 13 out of 68 crimes that currently carry the punishment, such as white collar crimes, and would also remove the death penalty as a punishment for those over 75 years of age. However, in practice this may not result in significantly fewer executions.
China convicts Uighur web managers on state security charges
31 July 2010, 10:14AM
After a closed trial, China has convicted on state security charges the managers of three popular Uighur language news and community forums operating in Xinjiang province.
Uighur journalist given 15-year prison term
24 July 2010, 09:39AM
Amnesty International has condemned a 15 year prison sentence reportedly imposed on a Uighur journalist who warned Chinese authorities over potential ethnic violence in Xinjiang province on the eve of the July 2009 riots.
New call for Xinjiang riot investigation
3 July 2010, 09:36AM
Amnesty International is urging China to launch an independent investigation into last year’s Xinjiang riots, following the release of a report containing new testimony that casts further doubt on the official version of events.
China: No Investigation, No Redress and Still No Freedom of Speech!
3 June 2010, 08:35AM
Human rights activists targeted for discussing the Tiananmen Crackdown.
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