China

China blocks Amnesty International website - 13 January 2009

In a recent effort to clean up 'vulgar' internet content, the Chinese authorities have targeted many other sites including MSN, Baidu and Google.

China: Amnesty International website blocked again - 12 January 2009

Chinese authorities should immediately re-establish access to the organization’s website, Amnesty International said today.

China urged to release scholar Liu Xiaobo from 'residential surveillance' - 7 January 2009

One of China's best-known dissidents has been under house arrest since 8 December, after he signed a campaign for political and rights reform in China, known as Charte

China urged to release scholar Liu Xiaobo - 23 December 2008

After more than 14 days in detention, it appears that Chinese authorities intend to seriously prosecute the dissident literary scholar, Liu Xiaobo.

China: Release Liu Xiaobo immediately - 22 December 2008

(Hong Kong) After more than 14 days of detention without approval of arrest, it now appears certain that Liu Xiaobo is considered a “major suspect”, accord

Growing calls for end to executions at UN - 18 December 2008

Over one hundred countries voted overwhelmingly in favour of a second resolution on "Moratorium on the use of the death penalty" at the United Nations on T

Standing ovation for jailed Chinese dissident - 17 December 2008

The European Parliament has honoured a jailed Chinese dissident in absentia with its top human rights award.

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 of spying for Taiwan, was executed in China on Friday. His daughters and his son-in-law describe how

Video: Amnesty International's Beijing Olympics campaign - 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.

China, Iran and Jamaica go against trend on executions - 28 November 2008

The execution of a Chinese scientist on Friday is the latest in a series of executions that are going against the global trend towards a moratorium on the death pena