China

Nepal: Clampdown on Tibet demonstrators must stop immediately and protesters released - 24 March 2008

Amnesty International called on the Nepalese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all those arrested in connection with demonstrations on Tibet.

Tension in Tibet as police raid homes - 18 March 2008

While streets in the Tibetan capital are reported to be quiet and empty, there are continued reports of unrest in neighbouring Chinese provinces with large populations

UN scrutiny of Tibet crisis required - 17 March 2008

The Chinese authorities must allow independent UN investigation into the events of the last week in Tibet.

Tibet Protests: Independent UN investigation needed - 15 March 2008

"The Chinese authorities should allow an independent UN investigation into the events of the last week in Tibet, particularly in the light of the sealing off of t

Crackdown on activists and minorities in China - 13 March 2008

The Chinese authorities have engaged in a number of troubling crackdowns on activists and minority groups in the past week.

China: Concern grows over crackdown on Tibetan protesters - 12 March 2008

Amnesty International today condemned the harsh crackdown on peaceful protesters in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. According to eyewitness reports, on 11 March, Chinese

China urged to take steps to end death penalty - 28 February 2008

Anti-death penalty campaigners have urged Chinese legislators to take "concrete steps" towards abolishing the death penalty.

China: Piling on the pressure - 8 February 2008

Press release: Amnesty International is gravely concerned that the Chinese authorities are putting pressure on human rights activist Hu Jia to plead g

China: Amnesty International calls for end to executions, not expansion of lethal injection method - 3 January 2008

Amnesty International today strongly condemned the expansion of China’s lethal injection programme and called on the Chinese authorities to accelerate the abolit