People’s Republic of China: The Olympics countdown – broken promises

People’s Republic of China: The Olympics countdown – broken promises

Index AI: ASA 17/089/2008
Date de publication: 29 juillet 2008
Catégories: Chine

With the Olympics less than two weeks away, it is time to assess progress made by the Chinese authorities to improve human rights in line with their own commitments made in 2001. This report provides a final summary and updates developments in these four key areas which are: the continuing use of the death penalty; abusive forms of administrative detention; the arbitrary detention, imprisonment, ill-treatment and harassment of human rights defenders, including journalists and lawyers; and the censorship of the internet.