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Hasty executions in China highlight unfair Xinjiang trials

Posted in AI press release, China, Death penalty, tagged 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 prosecuted another 20 suspects on [...]

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Update on Urgent Action – Ilham Tohti (China)

Posted in China, Urgent Action, tagged 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 taken from his home [...]

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Urgent Action – Ilham Tohti (China)

Posted in China, Urgent Action, tagged 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 risk of torture [...]

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AI urges China to investigate crackdown of protests in Xinjiang

Posted in AI press release, China, tagged 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 for all those who died [...]

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AI’s response to Uighur detainees transferred to Bermuda

Posted in AI press release, China, Counter Terror with Justice, Guantanamo Bay, USA, tagged on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Amnesty International
15 June 2009
AI Index: AMR 51/076/2009
USA: Human rights must transcend party politics
On 11 June 2009 four Uighur detainees held without charge or trial in the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba since 2002 were transferred to Bermuda. Their transfer came more than eight months after a US federal judge ruled their detention [...]

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