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Amnesty International | China: Detail needed on labour camp ' ...
7 January 2013

Claims that China's system of “Re-education Through Labour” [RTL] is to be stopped in 2013 will raise more questions than answers, Amnesty International said in ...

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China: Uighur writer's death in prison would be bitter blow ...
2 January 2013

Nurmemet Yasin was imprisoned on the basis of his story 'Wild Pigeon' about a trapped bird who commits suicide rather than live in captivity.

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China: Further information: Man faces trial following forced ...
18 December 2012

Businessman Wu Wai Sing, a 54-year-old US national of Hong Kong residency, was reportedly tortured to make him confess. He has reportedly told his lawyers that ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/057/2012

China: Further information: Falun Gong woman risks extended term ...
13 December 2012

Falun Gong practitioner Li Shanshan (李珊珊) who is held in a re-education through labour (RTL) camp in northern China, is being threatened with an extended sentence ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/056/2012

Chinese man faces death for drug charges: Li Xin
12 December 2012

Li Xin is facing imminent execution in Yunnan for drug trafficking. The Supreme People's Court in Beijing is reviewing the case. He could be executed once the review ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/055/2012

China: Further information: Women at risk of torture for beliefs
4 December 2012

Seven women are being arbitrarily detained in an enforced drug rehabilitation camp in China on account of their religious beliefs: they are all Falun Gong practitioners ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/054/2012

China: 'Appalling' sentence for blind lawyer's nephew | Amnesty ...
30 November 2012

Chen Kegui was detained in April this year, after fleeing for his safety following a violent raid by local authorities on his family's home.

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China must not implement Li Xin's death sentence
30 November 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT AI Index: ASA 17/053/2012 30 November 2012. China must not implement Li Xin's death sentence ...

Public Statement       ASA 17/053/2012

China: Female rights activist sent to labour camp
7 November 2012

Mao Hengfeng, a relentless campaigner for reproductive rights and against forced evictions in China, was ordered to serve 18 months “Re-education Through Labour ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/042/2012

China: Women's rights activist sentenced to labour camp | Amnesty ...
6 November 2012

A prominent women's rights activist in China, Mao Hengfeng, has been sentenced to one and a half years in a labour camp.

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