China: Further information on torture / ill-treatment

Index Number: ASA 17/030/2000
Date Published: 4 July 2000
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, China

Rebiya Kadeer's appeal against her eight-year sentence will reportedly be heard on Thursday 6 July. Her health is believed to have deteriorated severely, partly because of the punishments she has received in prison, and she is now reported to be very ill.