China: Chinese HIV/AIDS activist risks torture: Tian Xi

Index Number: ASA 17/036/2010
Date Published: 1 September 2010
Categories: China

HIV/AIDS activist Tian Xi has been detained since 17 August, in the central Chinese province of Henan, to stop him lobbying the authorities on behalf of people infected with HIV/AIDS through official malpractice. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.