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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 ...

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China: Fear of torture and other ill-treatment, Liu Xiaobo (m)
24 June 2009

Scholar and activist Liu Xiaobo was formally arrested for “inciting subversion of state power” on 23 June. Liu Xiabo has been held under “residential surveillance ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/030/2009

China: Incommunicado detention/ prisoners of conscience/ fear of ...
19 June 2009

Prisoners of conscience Yan Dongfei and Qiao Yongfang were detained on 8 June 2009 in the city of Hohhot (Huhehaote), in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/029/2009

China: Fear of torture or other ill-treatment
18 June 2009

Yusufjan and Memetjan, both ethnic Uighurs and students at Xinjiang University, were detained on 10 May 2009 in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/028/2009

China: China Undermines Universal Periodic Review
11 June 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Ai Index: ASA 17/027/2009. 11 June 2009. China Undermines Universal Periodic Review. China’s ...

Document       ASA 17/027/2009

China: Liu Xiaobo should be released immediately
8 June 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: ASA 17/026/2009. 8 June 2009. China: Liu Xiaobo should be released immediately. Liu ...

Document       ASA 17/026/2009

China: Further Information on Incommunicado detention / fear of ...
4 June 2009

During a 26 May visit by his lawyer, Sichuan human rights activist Huang Qi claimed that he had been questioned for long hours and sometimes deprived of sleep: ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/025/2009

China: Harassment of activists escalates ahead of Tiananmen ...
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 ...

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China continues crackdown on activists ahead of Tiananmen ...
3 June 2009

The harassment of activists and lawyers continues and web sites like Hotmail and Twitter are shut down as censorship escalates.

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China: Hold independent inquiry into 1989 Tiananmen Square ...
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 ...

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