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Wo Weihan – taken before he could say his last goodbyes ...
3 December 2008

Wo Weihan, a 59-year-old medical scientist who was found guilty ofspying for Taiwan, was executed in China on Friday. His daughters andhis son-in-law describe how ...

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China: Further information on death penalty/ imminent execution ...
2 December 2008

Yang Jia was executed on 26 November 2008 after the Supreme People's Court approved his sentence on 21 November. According to news reports, his family had been ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/110/2008

Video: Amnesty International's Beijing Olympics campaign | Amnesty ...
1 December 2008

Amnesty International invited the world to call on the Chinese government to deliver a positive and lasting human rights legacy for the Beijing Olympics.

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China: Fear of torture and other ill-treatment / Prisoner of ...
28 November 2008

Falun Gong practitioner Xu Na is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. She was sentenced to three years in prison on 25 November for ‘crimes’ related to her ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/107/2008

China, Iran and Jamaica go against trend on executions | Amnesty ...
28 November 2008

The execution of a Chinese scientist on Friday is the latest in aseries of executions that are going against the global trend towards amoratorium on the death penalty ...

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China: Further information on death penalty/imminent execution: Wo ...
28 November 2008

Wo Weihan was executed by shooting in Beijing on the morning of 28 November 2008. His family was allowed to meet with him at the Beijing No 2 Intermediate People ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/109/2008

China: Further information on Death Penalty/Imminent execution: Wo ...
25 November 2008

Wo Weihan’s family has received an oral confirmation that the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) has approved his death sentence. Wo Weihan’s family is scheduled to meet ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/106/2008

People's Republic of China: Stop the execution of Wo Weihan ...
25 November 2008

Amnesty International today called on the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress to pardon 59 year old medical scientist Wo Weihan, echoing his ...

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China: Death Penalty/Imminent execution: Wo Weihan (m)
21 November 2008

Medical scientist Wo Weihan may be at imminent risk of execution. He was sentenced to death in May 2007 for spying after a closed trial in Beijing. On 18 November ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/105/2008

People's Republic of China: Fear of torture: Chen Zhenping (f)
3 November 2008

Falun Gong practitioner Chen Zhenping was arrested without a warrant on 9 July at her home in the city of Zhengzhou, Henan province. Her family have not been allowed ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/103/2008