China

UN scrutiny of Tibet crisis required - 17 March 2008

The Chinese authorities must allow independent UN investigation into the events of the last week in Tibet.

Tibet Protests: Independent UN investigation needed - 15 March 2008

"The Chinese authorities should allow an independent UN investigation into the events of the last week in Tibet, particularly in the light of the sealing off of t

Crackdown on activists and minorities in China - 13 March 2008

The Chinese authorities have engaged in a number of troubling crackdowns on activists and minority groups in the past week.

China: Concern grows over crackdown on Tibetan protesters - 12 March 2008

Amnesty International today condemned the harsh crackdown on peaceful protesters in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. According to eyewitness reports, on 11 March, Chinese

China urged to take steps to end death penalty - 28 February 2008

Anti-death penalty campaigners have urged Chinese legislators to take "concrete steps" towards abolishing the death penalty.

China: Piling on the pressure - 8 February 2008

Press release: Amnesty International is gravely concerned that the Chinese authorities are putting pressure on human rights activist Hu Jia to plead g

China: Amnesty International calls for end to executions, not expansion of lethal injection method - 3 January 2008

Amnesty International today strongly condemned the expansion of China’s lethal injection programme and called on the Chinese authorities to accelerate the abolit

Video: Death penalty stories (animated slideshow) - 31 October 2007

Stories of the death penalty around the world - an animated slideshow narrated by Colin Firth

China's growing underclass - 1 March 2007

Internal migrant workers in China are paying the cost of the country’s economic "miracle", but most find themselves denied their rights

Olympic Committee can bring positive change in China - 10 December 2007

The International Olympic Committee must ensure that human rights concerns are addressed in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.