China: Briefing for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: 75th Session, August 2009

China: Briefing for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: 75th Session, August 2009

Amnesty International has prepared this briefing for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) to assist their consideration of China’s 10th to 13th periodic reports. The scope of this briefing is confined to mainland China. The briefing highlights some of the most egregious aspects of racial discrimination, in law and practice, including the on-going repression of Tibetans and Uighurs in China.