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Uighur women grieve for men who they claim were taken away by Chinese auhtorities after the July 5-7, 2009 protests in Urumqi, China on July 7, 2009.

© 2009 AP Photo/Ng Han Guan

China: Detainees ‘Disappeared’ After Xinjiang Protests
The Chinese government should immediately account for all detainees in its custody and allow independent investigations into the July 2009 protests in Urumqi and their aftermath.

China: Xinjiang Trials Deny Justice

Oct 15, 2009
Banned, Censored, Harassed, and Jailed

Oct 11, 2009
Nobel Spotlights Need for Obama to Act on Rights

Oct 9, 2009
China: Media Summit Participants Should Push For Press Freedom

Oct 7, 2009

Reports

"We Are Afraid to Even Look for Them"

Enforced Disappearances in the Wake of Xinjiang’s Protests
An Unbreakable Cycle

Drug Dependency Treatment, Mandatory Confinement, and HIV/AIDS in China’s Guangxi Province
Appeasing China

Restricting the Rights of Tibetans in Nepal

China and Tibet

America Needs Human Rights in China

Nov 4, 2009

Since taking office, President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton-both of whom mustered some criticism of China's rights record while they were candidates-have said that human rights shouldn't "interfere" with other issues in the U.S.-China relationship, knuckled preemptively under Chinese pressure not to meet the Dalai Lama, and generally behaved as if the United States has no power in the bilateral relationship.
What an Olympic Glow can't Mask

Oct 23, 2009

In Copenhagen this month, Human Rights Watch presented its proposal for institutional reform to monitor host countries' compliance with international human rights norms. We also believe that the IOC should make host city contracts public.
China: Xinjiang Trials Deny Justice

Oct 15, 2009

The trials of 21 defendants accused of participating in the violent July 2009 protests in Urumqi did not meet minimum international standards of due process and fair trials, Human Rights Watch said today.
Banned, Censored, Harassed, and Jailed

Oct 11, 2009

Human Rights Watch announced today that 37 writers from 19 countries have received the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award in recognition of their commitment to free expression and their courage in the face of political persecution.
Nobel Spotlights Need for Obama to Act on Rights

Oct 9, 2009

(New York, October 9, 2009) – The award of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama should encourage him to apply his stated principles to both foreign and domestic human rights policy.
China: Media Summit Participants Should Push For Press Freedom

Oct 7, 2009

Participants at the World Media Summit, to be held in Beijing on October 8-10, should use the opportunity to urge the Chinese government to respect press freedom and stop its routine harassment, detention, and intimidation of journalists.
Letter to President Obama on Rights Reform in the Olympic Movement

Oct 1, 2009
Letter to the Empire State Building Management

Sep 30, 2009

As long-term tenants of the Empire State Building, we are writing to express our surprise and dismay at the decision to illuminate the Empire State Building in red and yellow to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
China's Assault on the Rule of Law

Sep 9, 2009

In a year that’s seen the arbitrary detentions of Chinese legal activists and government critics like Gao Zhisheng and Liu Xiaobo, the Aug. 23 release of Xu Zhiyong, the head of the Open Constitution Initiative (Gongmeng), should be cause for celebration.
China: Advocates Freed, Restrictions on Civil Society Remain

Aug 24, 2009

The release of three leading Chinese civil society advocates shows that the Chinese government can be responsive to domestic and international human rights concerns.