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China: Harsh sentence for activist Chen Wei condemned | Amnesty ...
24 December 2011

China must release activist Chen Wei, who has been sentenced to nine years prison for criticizing the Communist Party.

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China: Further information: Human rights activist Wang Lihong ...
23 December 2011

Wang Lihong, a human rights activist, has been released. She was released on 20 December from Beijing Chaoyang Detention Centre.

Urgent Action       ASA 17/049/2011

Amnesty International | China: Authorities must drop charges ...
22 December 2011

Amnesty International today called on Chinese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Chen Wei, a human rights advocate set to stand trial on ...

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China: Authorities must drop charges against human rights activist ...
22 December 2011

Chen Wei is set to stand trial on 23 December on charges of “inciting subversion of state power” over essays he wrote that were critical of the Communist Party.

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China: Falun Gong man at risk of torture in prison: Zhou Xiangyang
19 December 2011

Detained Falun Gong practitioner, Zhou Xiangyang (周向阳),is on a hunger strike and is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Several people were targeted ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/048/2011

China must end land grabs amid protests over death in custody ...
14 December 2011

Villagers in Wukan have been protesting what they say is the local government's latest attempt to secretly sell off their farmland to developers.

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Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo and other Chinese activists must ...
9 December 2011

One year after Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize, he and other Chinese activists still languish in jail.

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Amnesty International | Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo and other ...
8 December 2011

China must release jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo along with others imprisoned for dissent, Amnesty International said today - one year after the Chinese ...

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Asia: ADPAN: Lethal injustice in Asia: End unfair trials, stop ...
6 December 2011

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Document       ASA 01/029/2011

Asia: ADPAN: When justice fails: Thousands executed in Asia after ...
6 December 2011

More people are executed in the Asia-Pacific region than in the rest of the world combined. Add to this the probability that they were executed following an unfair ...

Report       ASA 01/023/2011