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 [...]
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Urgent Action – Residents of Puning City (China)
Posted in China, Women's Rights, tagged forced sterilization on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Urgent Action – Ilham Tohti (China)
Posted in China, Urgent Action, tagged Uighurs on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
20 July 2009 UA 194/09 – Incommunicado detention/Prisoner of conscience (PDF) CHINA – Ilham Tohti (m) Ilham Tohti, editor of the website Uighur Online and associate economics professor at Central Nationalities University in the Chinese capital, Beijing, has been held incommunicado by the authorities since 8 July. His whereabouts are unknown, and he is at [...]
AI urges China to investigate crackdown of protests in Xinjiang
Posted in AI press release, China, tagged Uighurs on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Press release 6 July 2009 China: Fair and impartial investigation must be launched in Urumqi Amnesty International today called on the authorities in Urumqi to immediately launch an independent and impartial investigation into reports that 140 people were killed when a protest turned violent late on Sunday. “The Chinese authorities must fully account [...]
