I am writing to express concern over the Chinese government’s directive of May 19, 2009, “Notification Regarding Requirements for Pre-Installing Green Filtering Software on Computers,” and the human rights implications it may have for your company in China and abroad.

I am writing to you on behalf of Human Rights Watch to draw your attention to the plight of children from North Korea living in China and children born to Chinese fathers and North Korean mothers living in China.

Seven prominent organizations today called on US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to make human rights a prominent topic of discussion in her visit to Beijing next week.

We, the undersigned scholars, writers, lawyers and human rights advocates write to share our deep concern with the ongoing arbitrary detention of literary critic and former professor of literature Liu Xiaobo.

The Chinese government should release laboratory results and ensure access to appropriate treatment for imprisoned human rights activist Hu Jia, Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights said in a letter sent to Chinese President Hu Jintao.

Human Rights Watch, Asia Catalyst and the International Harm Reduction Associate write in advance of the upcoming Committee against Torture periodic review of China to submit information regarding the government’s policies and practices on coercive drug dependence treatment and HIV prevention, treatment and care for people detained in drug detoxification and re-education through labour centres.

Human Rights Watch wrote to Japan Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda regarding Hu Jintao's visit to Japan in May and human rights issues in China.