China
Legacy of the Beijing Olympics: Take Action!
"Legacy of the Beijing Olympics: China's Choice" is Amnesty International's campaign to improve the human rights situation in China in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. AI will mobilize thousands globally to press for substantial reforms in four key areas: the death penalty; punitive detention without trial; treatment of human rights defenders; unwarranted censorship of the internet. » Learn more
Tiananmen Square anniversary vigil
June 4th marks the Anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and violent crackdown in China. Join Amnesty International members all over the world on Wednesday, June 4th to commemorate the victims of the crackdown and to demonstrate solidarity for those who continue to face repression today. Download the flyer for more information (PDF).
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Rally and Vigil for Human Rights in China, April 8th and 9th, San Francisco, CA
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"People’s Republic of China: The Olympics countdown – crackdown on Tibetan protesters"
Ask your Representative to support H.R. 275, the Global Online Freedom Act of 2007, which would prevent U.S. companies from carrying out or facilitating the suppression of online speech in repressive countries. » More actions
Demand the Release of Hu Jia from Arbitrary Detention Hu Jia was sentenced on April 1, 2008 to three and a half years' imprisonment for "inciting subversion of state power." The Chinese authorities appear to have jailed him in order to silence his public criticism of China's human rights record ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
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Protect Tibetan Monks from Torture in China 15 Tibetan monks were detained on 10 March for staging a peaceful demonstration in Barkhor, Lhasa, the capital of Tibetan Autonomous Region. There is no information on their current whereabouts or of any charges brought against them. They are at high risk of torture and other ill treatment.
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Call for an Olympic Year of Freedom of Expression in China Leading up to the Beijing Olympics, a major question for China will be how it chooses to define its Olympic legacy. Will it be one where freedom of expression is respected and protected? Not if journalists like Shi Tao continue to be unjustly oppressed, sentenced and imprisoned.
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TAKE ACTION! Urge China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to Abolish the Death Penalty Based on public reports, Amnesty International estimates that at least 1,010 people were executed and 2,790 sentenced to death in 2006 in China. The death penalty violates the Olympic ideal of preserving human dignity.
» Download the petition (PDF) to Prime Minister Wen Jiabao urging him to respect the Olympic ideal, and to take positive steps towards abolishing the death penalty in China.
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