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Shao Jiang about Tiananmen
Exiled student leader Shao Jiang tells us why it is important to remember the Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protesters today. Nobody really knows how many people die in Tiananmen Square....
Regions: China
Issues: Freedom of opinion & expression
Uighur Guantanamo inmates left in limbo - 22 May 09
Unable to find countries willing to take them in and unwilling to send them back to China where they may face persecution, the US government continues to keep 17 Uighur detainees at the Guantanamo pri...
Regions: China, Cuba, United States
Issues: Detention, Justice, Prisons
Tiananmen: China's Unhealed Wound
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Regions: Asia, China
Issues: Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression
Sichuan school recounts earthquake horror - 11 May 09
As the first anniversary of the earthquake that struck China's Sichuan province approaches, Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports from Anxian about a school where preparation and persistence helped save t...
Regions: China
Issues: Humanitarian, Justice, Natural disasters
Rebuilding lives in China quake zone - 12 May 2009
A year after a powerful earthquake devastated parts of China's Sichuan province, many of the thousands injured remain in need of help. ...
Regions: China
Issues: Humanitarian, Natural disasters
China: Rising unemployment hits migrant workers (The Guardian)
Millions of migrant workers in Beijing are returning to the countryside for Chinese new year....
Regions: China
Issues: Bonded labor, Labor, Slavery & forced labor
Screams for help at China's secret 'black jails'
Some Chinese seeking help from the central government against local injustices are instead ending up in secret detention centres controlled by local politicians. ...
Regions: China
Issues: Detention
Action: Join Auster and Rushdie in calling for release of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo
Our friends at PEN tell us that there's still time for you to join Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, Paul Auster and many others in putting your name to a p...
Regions: China
Issues: Freedom of opinion & expression
A Message from Liu Xiaobo
Renowned literary critic, writer and activist Liu Xiaobo talks about freedom of expression in China.
Regions: China
Issues: Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression
Land is Hope: The story of the Rural Development Institute
For over 40 years in over 45 countries, a small group of dedicated attorneys are helping the poorest of the poor in rural villages to get access to their most important asset: land....