China

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27 October 2017

China: Released women’s rights activist in need of urgent medical care

Su Changlan, freed from prison, must be able receive the medical care she needs.

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China: Sham trial for NGO worker

Taiwanese NGO worker charged with subversion.

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China: Trial of prominent activist ‘The Butcher’ a cruel farce

Wu Gan set to be tried in a closed court hearing for 'subverting state power'.

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China: Anti-corruption activist to be freed but relentless crackdown goes on

Chinese authorities must end crackdown on human rights activists.

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14 July 2017
By Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International

Liu Xiabo: A man who spoke truth to power

“Do you think the Chinese government will release him now?” In the piercing cold of a December night in Oslo, the same question kept coming. I had just attended the ceremony to award the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned human rights advocate, literary critic, and thorn in the side of the Chinese government.

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