Campaigns
China
Disappearances
Chung Ting-Pang, a Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioner, was detained at an airport in Ganzhou, China, on 18 June. His current whereabouts are unknown. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
July 12, 2012
Campaigns
China
Detention
Falun Gong practitioner Zhou Xiangyang was released from prison on 1 April. This followed a combination of international and domestic pressure on the Chinese authorities.
July 12, 2012
Campaigns
China
Detention
Falun Gong practitioners Wang Xiaodong and his sister Wang Junling have been detained, and are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. They are prisoners of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of their rights to freedom of expression and association.
May 31, 2012
Campaigns
China
Detention
Falun Gong practitioner, Zhou Xiangyang, is said to be close to death in prison hospital. He is on a hunger strike and urgently needs to be released on medical parole.
February 8, 2012
Campaigns
China
Detention
Detained Falun Gong practitioner, Zhou Xiangyang (周向阳),is on a hunger strike and is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Several people were targeted by security forces in November for signing a petition calling for his release.
December 19, 2011
Campaigns
China
Detention
Li Shanshan (李姗姗)was detained in Tangshan, Hebei Province, northern China, on 29 October. The Chinese authorities say they have assigned her to two years “re-education through labour” but are refusing to give details of where she is imprisoned. She is at risk of torture and other...
November 18, 2011
News
China
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
The Chinese authorities must immediately release two Falun Gong practitioners jailed for their beliefs in Hebei province, Amnesty International said today, as petitions by local residents calling for an end to their imprisonment reportedly reached almost 3,000 signatures.Zhou Xiangyang, 38, was...
November 14, 2011
Press Release
Viet Nam
The beating and arrest of at least 30 peaceful Falun Gong demonstrators yesterday outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi is an unacceptable violation of freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today. The demonstrators were protesting the trial and mistreatment of two local Falun Gong...
November 9, 2011
News
Viet Nam
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
The beating and arrest of at least 30 peaceful Falun Gong demonstrators outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi yesterday is an unacceptable violation of freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today. The demonstrators were protesting the trial and mistreatment of two local Falun Gong...
November 9, 2011
Campaigns
China
Detention
Chinese Falun Gong practitioner, Guo Xiaojun, has developed a serious eye condition while in prison. He is being denied medical treatment and risks serious deterioration of his health.
March 31, 2011
Campaigns
China
Detention
Falun Gong practitioner, Guo Xiaojun, a former lecturer at Jiaotong University in Shanghai, is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment in prison. He was convicted solely on charges which relate to his practice of Falun Gong and based on a confession he says was extracted through torture.
December 15, 2010