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China: Detention of activist shows unrelenting assault on freedom of expression

Responding to the arrest of prominent Chinese activist and legal scholar Xu Zhiyong, who has been targeted since attending a...

China: Government must show proof that Xinjiang detainees have been released

Responding to a claim by a Chinese government official that all people held at so-called “vocational education centres” in Xinjiang...

China: End hollow denials and give answers to victims of horrific Xinjiang abuses

Responding to another leak of official Chinese government documents (labelled “The China Cables”) detailing the framework for facilities that led...

China: UN Secretary-General must publicly denounce human rights violations in Xinjiang

Antonio Guterres should publicly and unequivocally condemn the Chinese authorities’ abusive policies in Xinjiang and call for an immediate closure...

“The Bravest Lawyer in China” – Gao Zhisheng

By Teng Biao – Legal scholar and friend of Gao Zhisheng Gao Zhisheng is a prominent human rights lawyer in...

Canada: Liu Xiaobo Empty Chair Memorial Unveiling Ceremony

Amnesty International, PEN Canada and Toronto Association for Democracy in China are pleased to announce the unveiling of the Liu...

China: Claims that it has released Uyghurs are not credible

Responding to claims by senior Chinese officials that they have released the majority of ethnic minority Muslims being held in...

Google must fully commit to never censor search in China

Responding to the statement by a senior Google executive that the company has “terminated” plans to launch Project Dragonfly, its...

AMNESTY WELCOMES STATEMENT AT HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADDRESSING CHINA’S APPALLING VIOLATIONS IN XINJIANG

This week, a group of 22 countries issued a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council expressing concern over...

China steps up suppression of activists ahead of Tiananmen crackdown 30th anniversary

The Chinese authorities must end a wave of persecution targeting those seeking to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen...

China: Transgender people risk their lives with dangerous self-surgery

Transgender people in China are performing highly dangerous surgery on themselves and buying unsafe hormone treatments on the black market...

Hong Kong: Guilty verdicts against pro-democracy protest leaders a “crushing blow” for freedom of expression 

Responding to the guilty verdicts for “public nuisance” against nine leaders of the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement protests in Hong...

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