http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/1908 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/068/2009/en Human rights lawyer Wang Yonghang has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in connection with his work representing Falun Gong practitioners. He has appealed. He is a prisoner of conscience. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/067/2009/en Human rights activist Huang Qi, who gave legal advice to victims of the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment following an unfair trial. He is a prisoner of conscience, and should be released immediately and unconditionally. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/066/2009/en Zhuang Lu, a 27-year-old woman who worked for the Open Constitution Initiative (OCI, known as Gongmeng in Chinese), a legal aid and research organization, is now known to be staying at her parents' home in Fujian province, southeast China. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/064/2009/en Zhao Lianhai, father of a boy rendered ill by a batch of contaminated milk powder in China in 2008, has been campaigning for justice for other affected families. He was detained at his home in the Chinese capital, Beijing on 13 November, and is being held at the Daxing District Police Station, Beijing. Zhao Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/063/2009/en Nine people - eight from the Uighur ethnic group and one of Han Chinese ethnicity - were executed in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in western China in early November. They were among 21 individuals sentenced in October in relation to unrest which broke out in the region in July. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/062/2009/en Losang Gyaltse and Loyar were executed during October. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/061/2009/en Nine people (apparently, eight Uighurs and one Han Chinese) have been sentenced to death for involvement in unrest earlier this year in western China. They have exhausted all their appeals, and could be executed within days once their sentences are approved by the Supreme Court. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/060/2009/en Uighur journalist Hairat Niyaz was taken from his home on 1 October. On 4 October, police delivered a notice to his family which said he had been arrested for "endangering state security." He is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/059/2009/en British national Akmal Shaikh, who is believed to be mentally ill, has been sentenced to death in China for drug-smuggling. He has now lost his appeal, and could be executed within days. Akmal Shaikh was sentenced to death on 29 October 2008, by the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Intermediate People's Cou Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/058/2009/en A Chinese man, pro-democracy activist Zhou Yongjun, who has been living in the USA since 1992, is about to be put on trial in Sichuan province, on a politically motivated charge of fraud. If convicted, he could be jailed for anything from three years to life. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International