Ethnic violence in China
A boy stands amidst the burnt wreckage of a bus and stalls in a street in Urumqi. ABOVE: Ethnic Uygur women protest towards Chinese riot police as they demonstrate in Urumqi.
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Deadly clashes continue to rage on against Uighurs, China's largest ethnic minority, in the mostly Muslim region of Xinjiang. At least 156 people have been killed and over 800 more were injured.
Since the 1980's, the Chinese government has mounted an aggressive campaign that has led to the arrest and arbitrary detention of thousands of Uighurs on charges of "terrorism, separatism and religious extremism" for peacefully exercising their human rights.
Amnesty International is calling on authorities to launch a fair and impartial investigation into the recent violence.
» Read the press release
» Urge Chinese authorities to release two Uighur students arrested for holding an on-campus meeting (PDF)
Iranian lawyers still at risk
Abdolfattah Soltani receives the Human Rights Prize of the French Republic for his work with the Center of Defenders of Human Rights. ABOVE: Demonstrators gather after Iran's disputed presidential election results.
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After one week in prison, Iranian lawyer Mohammed Mostafaei was released. He publicly thanked his supporters and fellow activists across the world and said that this experience has strengthened his resolve to fight against injustice.
However Abdolfattah Soltani, who worked for a prominent human rights organization that provided free legal representation to political prisoners, is still being detained. He was arrested by plainclothes officers without being served an arrest or search warrant.
Mostafaei and many other recently released activists are still in direct danger of prosecution, long-term imprisonment and even torture.
» Tell Iran's leaders to stop the harassment and unlawful detention of human rights activists
» Stay informed about the latest news in Iran
Bringing war criminals to justice
On Tuesday, July 14th The Reckoning, a movie chronicling the path-breaking work of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) Prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, to make the Court a beacon for international justice, will premiere on PBS.
The ICC has been in the spotlight recently because of the arrest warrants it issued for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and two other Sudanese suspects, Ahmed Harun and Ali Kushayb, for the war crimes and crimes against humanity they are alleged to have committed in Darfur.
The ICC is the world's first permanent, international judicial body capable of bringing perpetrators to justice. The court ensures accountability for grave human rights abuses while upholding respect for human dignity and serving as a deterrent against future atrocities.
» Watch The Reckoning on July 14th
» Learn more about Amnesty International's fight for international justice
» Ensure that war criminals are brought to justice in Darfur
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