Amnesty International Public document - AI Index number ASA 17/22/2000 - News Service NS 82/00. 4 May 2000. Torture in China under the spotlight at the UN. ...
This document provides a brief background to the 1989 Pro-Democracy crackdown. Amnesty International holds records of 213 people who are still imprisoned or on ...
1. Burkina Faso - Presidential Security Force implicated in murder of journalist; 2. China - Student leader held for wanting to commemorate Tiananmen Square victims ...
On 23 November 1999 Wang Wanxing, a longstanding human rights activist, was forcibly taken to Ankang psychiatric hospital in Beijing where it is believed he is ...
1.Abolition in Turkmenistan, Ukraine Bermuda; 2. USA - Illinois Governor suspends executions; 3. Philippines announces moratorium; 4. Pope again calls for abolition ...
The document records nearly 2300 cases of detention, arrest or sentencing of Falun Gong practitioners since June 1999. Some of the cases are of identified individuals ...
The report describes Amnesty International's concerns about the human rights violations resulting from the crackdown on Falun Gong and other groups branded as " ...