The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to scholar and activist Liu Xiaobo of China. Liu is a prominent government critic who has repeatedly called for human rights protections, political accountability and democratization in China. He co-authored “Charter 08,” a proposal for political and legal reform in China. He is serving an 11-year prison [...]
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Celebrate & Defend Liu Xiaobo
Posted in China, Events, Group 48, tagged Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize on November 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Free Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo
Posted in China, tagged Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize, online action on October 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
China expressed outrage last week over the Nobel committee’s decision to award its prestigious Peace Prize to incarcerated Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo. But the real outrage is China’s treatment of those who dare to speak truth to power. Amnesty International is overjoyed for Liu and the spotlight the award places on his unrelenting [...]
Urgent Action – Residents of Puning City (China)
Posted in China, Women's Rights, tagged forced sterilization on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
20 April 2010 UA 87/10 - Health concern/Forced sterilization (PDF) CHINA – Thousands of people Local officials aim to sterilize 9559 people by 26 April, some against their will, in a drive to meet family planning targets in Puning City, Guangdong Province, southern China. According to reports in the Chinese media, on 7 April the local [...]
Hasty executions in China highlight unfair Xinjiang trials
Posted in AI press release, China, Death penalty, tagged Uighurs on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 10 November 2009 China: Hasty executions highlight unfair Xinjiang trials Chinese authorities must ensure all individuals charged with offences during July riots in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) receive a fair trail and do not face the death penalty, Amnesty International said today. The China Daily reported today that authorities [...]
Update on Urgent Action – Ilham Tohti (China)
Posted in China, Urgent Action, tagged Uighurs on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
28 August 2009 Further Information on UA 194/09 (20 July 2009) – Incommunicado detention/Fear of torture CHINA – Ilham Tohti (m) Ilham Tohti, editor of the website “Uighur Online” and associate economics professor at Central Nationalities University, was released on 23 August 2009 in Beijing, China’s capital. However, he remains under surveillance. Ilham Tohti was [...]
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