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President Obama Must Not Leave Human Rights on Cutting Floor During His Meeting with President Xi in Southern California
Amnesty International USA sent a letter to President Obama outlining key human rights issues that should be discussed at this…
June 4, 2013
Report
Annual Report: China 2013
People’s Republic of China Head of state Hu Jintao Head of government Wen Jiabao The authorities maintained a stranglehold on…
May 17, 2013
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Annual Death Penalty Report Finds Setbacks for a Handful of Countries but Progress Toward Abolition Across the Globe
In its annual report today on executions and death sentences worldwide, Amnesty International found a handful of countries renewing executions…
April 3, 2013
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Supporters Deliver 450,000 Petitions From Tutu's Global Call to Free Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo
In a campaign led by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the International Committee for Liu Xiaobo, with the support of Amnesty…
February 27, 2013
Press Release
China Must Halt Execution of Woman Who Killed Violent Husband
A Chinese woman who stabbed her husband to death after suffering months of domestic violence should not be executed, Amnesty…
January 23, 2013
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New Congressional Project Highlighting Prisoners of Conscience "Leads by Example on Human Rights"
The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC), in conjunction with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and Amnesty…
December 6, 2012
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10th Global Letter-Writing Marathon Begins December 5th
Between December 5th and 16th, Amnesty International will host its 10th global letter writing marathon, inviting human rights supporters to…
December 5, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty Calls China's Sentencing of Exiled Blind Lawyer's Nephew "Appalling"
Amnesty International today called the sentencing in China of Chen Kegui, nephew of exiled blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng, "appalling," saying…
November 30, 2012
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Chinese Authorities Must Release Women's Rights Activist Mao Hengfeng
The Chinese authorities must immediately release prominent women’s rights activist, Mao Hengfeng, who has been sentenced to one and a…
November 6, 2012
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China in the Presidential Debate: Human Rights is Not a Side Issue, It's the Issue
Frank Jannuzi, head of Amnesty International's Washington DC office issued the following quote in response to the rise of China…
October 23, 2012
Press Release
Human Rights must be at the Forefront of Third and Final Presidential Debate
Grave abuses of human rights fuel or underpin many of the foreign policy challenges that will be the focus of…
October 19, 2012
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Violent Forced Land Evictions on the Rise in China, Charges New Amnesty International Report
Violent forced evictions in China are on the rise as local authorities seek to offset huge debts by seizing and…
October 11, 2012