China: Continuing abuses under a new leadership - summary of human rights concerns

China: Continuing abuses under a new leadership - summary of human rights concerns

Index Number: ASA 17/035/2003
Date Published: 30 September 2003
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, China

This document summarizes a number of Amnesty International's key human rights concerns on China. Hundreds of thousands of people continue to be detained in violation of their fundamental human rights across the country, death sentences and executions continue to be imposed after unfair trials, torture and ill-treatment remain widespread and systemic, and freedom of expression and information continue to be severely curtailed.