As the Olympic torch relay travels to Lhasa, Amnesty International
urged the Chinese government to provide information about those
detained during the protests last March and called
for free access to Tibet by independent observers.
Uzbekistani human rights defender Mutabar Tadzhibaeva, who was
sentenced to eight years in prison in 2006, was unexpectedly released
on Monday, 2 June.
Wednesday 4 June 2008 marks the nineteenth anniversary of the Chinese
government's crackdown on the pro-democracy demonstrations in and
around Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
Sri Lanka is a conflict where journalists face unjustified restrictions on reporting and there are very few established facts.
Eight men convicted of undermining the monarchy in Morocco last year have been released after they were pardoned by the King.
Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia has been convicted of “inciting subversion of state power” and sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
Amnesty International today condemned the decision by Chinese authorities to convict human rights defender Hu Jia on charges of ‘inciting subversion of state power'. Hu Jia is being punished for exercising his freedom of expression and speaking out on human rights violations in China. The organization considers Hu Jia a prisoner of conscience and has from the outset opposed his detention and the ‘house arrest’ of his wife and baby.
Amnesty International called on the Nepalese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all those arrested in connection with demonstrations on Tibet.
Human rights activist Eren Keskin has been sentenced to six months and 20 days in prison after being convicted of “denigrating the Turkish army”.
The Chinese authorities must allow independent UN investigation into
the events of the last week in Tibet.
