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Abolish the Death Penalty
Stop executions: Act now
Despite the worldwide trend, a disturbing number of people are executed across Asia each year. Take action now for people who are facing imminent execution.
Stop Violence Against Women
National Plan of Action report released
Amnesty International has released a report that could provide a blueprint for an Australian National Plan of Action to eliminate violence against women. Drawing on international experience, the report frames a good practice human rights approach to the national plan.
Human Rights in China
Internet censorship index shows little change
Despite official promises that the Olympics would help open up China, Internet censorship is still widespread, according to data from our specially designed tracking gadget.
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Human Rights in China
The plight of China’s rural migrants
Al Jazeera English has filed a video report on rural migrants and why they are treated like second-class-citizens in China.
Human Rights in China
Risking it all in the struggle for human rights in China
The wife of jailed Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia has spoken about the fear she faces as she continues to speak out about human rights, report the media.
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Human Rights in China
China in the headlines – 13 October 2008
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
The Wall St Journal looks at the ongoing public health threat posed by Beijing's media censorship.
Radio Free Asia has reaction to the news that jailed Chinese dissident Hu Jia wasn't awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Chinese officials claim they won't torture the Uighurs detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay if they are returned to China.
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Human Rights in China
World Day Against the Death Penalty
China, along with Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the US, carried out almost all – about 88 per cent – of the 1,252 known executions that Amnesty International recorded last year.
Human Rights in China
Defying a global anti death penalty trend
Around the world countless men, women and children wait on death row for their state to kill them – among them is China's Yang Jia and Viet Nam's Tang Thi Ba.
Human Rights in China
China in the headlines – 10 October 2008
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
Human Rights in China says security forces have beaten and detained a group of villagers, after they staged a peaceful protest about a man made disaster that destroyed farmland and ponds.
The people of Tibet are suffering the worse era of repression since the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
The Washington Post's China expert looks at the case of the Uighurs in Guantanamo Bay and asks what now?
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Human Rights in China
Judge orders Guantanamo Uighurs be allowed into US
In a triumph for the rule of a law, a federal judge has ordered the US to immediately free 17 Chinese Uighurs who have been held in Guantanamo Bay for almost seven years, and allow them into the US.
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