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China: Dissident and literary scholar Liu Xiaobo formally arrested - 26 June 2009
Amnesty International condemns the formal arrest of prominent scholar and activist Liu Xiaobo on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” on 23 June. The People’s Daily reported that police accused Liu Xiaobo of activities such as “spreading of rumours and defaming of the government, aimed at subversion of the state and overthrowing the socialism system in recent years."China continues crackdown on activists ahead of Tiananmen anniversary - 3 June 2009
The harassment of activists and lawyers continues and web sites like Hotmail and Twitter are shut down as censorship escalates.China: Harassment of activists escalates ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary - 3 June 2009
Chinese authorities have stepped up curbs on dissenting voices and escalated censorship of activists throughout the country, a day before the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown.Twenty years later, China must hold inquiry into Tiananmen Square crackdown - 2 June 2009
Hundreds of civilians were killed and injured as a result of the crackdown and a number of people are still in prison for their involvement in the 1989 pro-democracy protests.China: Hold independent inquiry into 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown - 2 June 2009
Chinese authorities should hold an open and independent inquiry into the 1989 violent military crackdown on peaceful demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square, Amnesty International said today.G-20 must set the example and clean up their human rights record - 28 May 2009
Amnesty International’s Secretary General has called on the G-20 grouping that brings together the world’s leading economies to lead by example and show real commitment to human rights.Economic crisis reveals deeper human rights problems - 28 May 2009
More than six decades of human rights failures by governments have been exacerbated by the world economic crisis, which brought the problems of poverty and inequality to the fore.Empowering the world's poor - 27 May 2009
A new Amnesty International campaign will empower "prisoners of poverty" as previous campaigns empowered prisoners of conscience.Support parents and survivors of the Sichuan earthquake - 11 May 2009
One year ago, on 12 May 2008, a devastating earthquake measuring an 8.0 magnitude hit Wenchuan county, in China's southwestern Sichuan province.China: End the harassment of Sichuan earthquake survivors and activists - 4 May 2009
The Chinese authorities intimidated and unlawfully detained parents and relatives of children who died in the devastating Sichuan earthquake and harassed activists and lawyers who tried to assist them says a new Amnesty International report released on the anniversary of the disaster.Amnesty Internationals’ report Justice Denied: Harassment of Sichuan earthquake survivors and activists documents instances where some parents and relatives were detained for up to 21 days for trying to seek answers from officials about why their children died. Some have been detained repeatedly and the youngest detainee was only eight years old.