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China: Uighur website editor at risk of torture
30 September 2009

Dilixiati Paerhati, editor of a Uighur website Diyarim.com, has not been seen since 7 August. His current whereabouts are unknown. There are fears that he is being ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/056/2009

China: Two Uighur men at risk of torture
24 September 2009

Haji Memet and Abdusalam Nasir were detained on 23 September, in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in northwest China, reportedly on suspicion of leaking ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/053/2009

Secretary General of World Uighur Congress denied entry to South ...
17 September 2009

Dolkun Isa is being held by the South Korean authorities. If he is deported to China he wouldbe at risk of arbitrary detention, unfair trial, torture and other ...

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China: Further information: Sighting of missing Chinese lawyer ...
15 September 2009

Human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who has been missing since February 2009, was seen in his home town in Shaanxi province, central China, in late June or early ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/052/2009

China: Breaking the law: Crackdown on human rights lawyers and ...
7 September 2009

Human rights lawyers in China have been harassed, forcibly disappeared, placed under surveillance and faced criminal charges for protecting the rights of others ...

Report       ASA 17/042/2009

China: NGO Worker Missing in China
1 September 2009

Zhuang Lu, a woman who works for the legal aid and research organization, the Open Constitution Initiative (OCI, known as Gongmeng in Chinese) in the Chinese capital ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/051/2009

China: Further information: Wang Yonghang formally arrested
28 August 2009

Human rights lawyer Wang Yonghang, who has been detained incommunicado since 5 July, was formally arrested on 10 August. His lawyers said torture in custody had ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/050/2009

China: Further information: Uighur activist released in Beijing ...
28 August 2009

Ilham Tohti, editor of the website Uighur Online and associate economics professor at Central Nationalities University, was released on 23 August in Beijing, China ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/049/2009

China: Demand clemency from Supreme Court
27 August 2009

The Anhui Provincial High People’s Court rejected Tang Yanan’s appeal against the death penalty on 12 August. China’s Supreme People's Court in Beijing, is reviewing ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/046/2009

China: End further persecution of legal activists
18 August 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: ASA 17/043/2009. 18 August 2009. China: End further persecution of legal activists. ...

Document       ASA 17/043/2009