China Human Rights Violations

The United States Must Press China's Vice President on the Plight of the Uighur People

Rebiya Kadeer | Posted 04.14.2012

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All the talk of the Arab Spring painfully reminds us that life for the Uighur people resembles a cruel, endless winter. That is why the United States must use the occasion of future Chinese President Xi's visit to take the lead, and begin the thaw we pray for.

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Jailed Chinese Lawyer Denied Visits

AP | By ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 01.10.2012

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BEIJING -- Relatives of an outspoken human rights lawyer jailed after being secretly held by Chinese security agents were told Tuesday that he is unde...

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2011: The Uyghur Human Rights Year in Review

Henryk Szadziewski | Posted 03.07.2012

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Chinese government claims of Uyghur terrorism and the Chinese state's chasing of Uyghur refugees across its borders require a strong international response.

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Human Rights Groups Tell Biden To Hold China Accountable

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Becker | Posted 10.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Human rights groups have wasted little time calling on Vice President Joe Biden to focus on human rights abuses as he meets with high-le...

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Missing Chinese Lawyer Described Brutal Torture Before Disappearing

AP | CHARLES HUTZLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — The police stripped Gao Zhisheng bare and pummeled him with handguns in holsters. For two days and nights, they took turns beating him...

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You Have Been Warned: China's "Pressure Issue"

Rebecca Novick | Posted 05.25.2011

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Beijing has become a master of the veiled threat -- using words that suggest ominous consequences but which are rarely backed up with specifics

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Torture in Tibet

Heidiminx | Posted 05.25.2011

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Modern media moves so quickly, and skims over current events so quickly -- it's no wonder that Tibet has to fight to stay in the press. After all, China's illegal occupation of Tibet started over 50 years ago.

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Time To Get Tough With China

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chinese people see our standard of living and are willing to work for less to get what we have. Long term this process can't continue, because cheap manufacturing requires simple living.

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Liaowang, State-Run Magazine, Exposes State-Run "Black Jails" In China

AP | TINI TRAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — It read like a muckraking expose: A magazine revealed a system of secret detention centers in Beijing where Chinese citizens are forci...

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Tibetans Take to the Streets Over "Terrorist" Monk

Rebecca Novick | Posted 05.25.2011

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While Tenzin Delek has been labeled a "terrorist" by Chinese authorities, to the Tibetan people he is a hero.

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China's Civil Rights Lawyers: The New Enemies of the State

Rebecca Novick | Posted 05.25.2011

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in recent months Beijing has been busy targeting home-grown adversaries -- Chinese civil rights lawyers -- in a series of moves that has been described as "an all-out attack."

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China: Tiananmen's Unhealed Wounds (VIDEO)

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Minky Worden Twenty years after the Chinese army killed untold numbers of unarmed civilians in Beijing and other cities on and around June 3-4, 19...

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Clinton In Asia: Between China And A Hard Place

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Unlike Human Rights Watch or Amnesty International, Clinton's job demands she be more than a one-trick pony -- she does not, and never will, enjoy the luxury of having only one prerogative.

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China Unveils 'Human Rights Action Plan'

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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China's cabinet released on Monday what it called the country's first national human rights action plan, a lengthy document promising a wide range of ...

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Tibet's Unlikely Defender: A Chinese Journalist's Change of Mind

Rebecca Novick | Posted 05.25.2011

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Zhu Rui has met the Dalai Lama twice now. "He has such simplicity," she says, "which is why many Chinese leaders don't understand him. They are much too complicated."

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China's PR Fiascos: Blocking iTunes Just the Latest in Ongoing Olympics PR Disaster

Celia Alario | Posted 05.25.2011

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A few hours before iTunes became blocked in China, news surfaced about Songs for Tibet, a compilation CD offered free to Olympic athletes.

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