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China Human Rights

Amnesty International has documented widespread human rights violations in China. An estimated 500,000 people are currently enduring punitive detention without charge or trial, and millions are unable to access the legal system to seek redress for their grievances. Harassment, surveillance, house arrest, and imprisonment of human rights defenders are on the rise, and censorship of the Internet and other media has grown. Repression of minority groups, including Tibetans, Uighurs and Mongolians, and of Falun Gong practitioners and Christians who practice their religion outside state-sanctioned churches continues. While the recent reinstatement of Supreme People's Court review of death penalty cases may result in lower numbers of executions, China remains the leading executioner in the world. Review our annual report on China human rights violations.

Recent Reports

China: Briefing for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: 75th Session, August 2009 (June 1, 2009)

» Read online (in English)
» Download PDF (in Chinese)

China: Uighur ethnic identity under threat in China(APRIL 22, 2009)

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» Download PDF (in Chinese)
» Download PDF (in Uighur)


Legacy of the Beijing Olympics
In the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Amnesty International mobilized thousands globally to press for substantial reforms in four key areas: the death penalty; punitive detention without trial; treatment of human rights defenders; unwarranted censorship of the internet. » Human Rights and Beijing Olympics

Read the report  
"People’s Republic of China: The Olympics countdown – crackdown on Tibetan protesters"

Get involved
Download the press engagement kit: "The Two Faces of the Bejing Olympics"

Defend online freedom of expression in China
Defend online freedom of expression in China
Amnesty International is concerned that Chinese Internet service providing companies, including Baidu, Sina and Sohu, are complying with Chinese government requests and demands to censor content online and otherwise repress the rights to freedom of expression and privacy. Call on these companies to ensure the Internet fulfills its potential to empower and educate and to create global communities. » More actions

Latest News

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November 12, 2009

USA/China: Amnesty International Asia Director, T. Kumar, to Preview President Obama?s Visit to China
November 11, 2009

Hasty executions in China highlight unfair Xinjiang trials
November 10, 2009

China: Hasty executions highlight unfair Xinjiang trials
November 10, 2009

Latest Reports

China: Briefing for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: 75th Session, August 2009
July 27, 2009

China: Open letter by Amnesty International: Justice through Accountability, 20th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Crackdown
May 13, 2009

Defending human rights in a changing world
August 22, 2008

People's Republic of China: The Olympics countdown -- broken promises
July 29, 2008


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