China and Tibet

Obama in China -- Rights Watch #20

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:38:06 -0800

Human Rights Watch's Sophie Richardson on why U.S. President Barak Obama needs to talk about Beijing’s press restrictions and “black jails.”

What About China's Dirty Secrets?

Sophie Richardson — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:59:48 -0800

Published in The Daily Beast

Shining a Light on China’s Secret “Black Jails”

<p> Phelim Kine </p> — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:00:12 -0800

When 15-year-old Wang Xiaomei made the long trip from Gansu province to Beijing last year, she hoped to find justice for her family. Instead, she met with abuse.

First, Wang was abducted by plainclothes Gansu officials, who imprisoned her incommunicado for two months in a "black jail"-an illegal detention facility.

"An Alleyway in Hell"

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:09:00 -0800

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"An Alleyway in Hell"

China's Abusive "Black Jails"

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"An Alleyway in Hell"

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:09:00 -0800

This 53-page report documents how government officials, security forces, and their agents routinely abduct people off the streets of Beijing and other Chinese cities, strip them of their possessions, and imprison them. These black jails are often located in state-owned hotels, nursing homes, and psychiatric hospitals.

China: Secret “Black Jails” Hide Severe Rights Abuses

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:30:46 -0800

(New York) - Since 2003, large numbers of Chinese citizens have been held incommunicado for days or months in secret, unlawful detention facilities known as "black jails" by state agents who violate detainees' rights with impunity, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.

US/China: Obama Should Raise Human Rights in China

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:43:49 -0800

(New York) - United States President Barack Obama should raise key human rights concerns publicly on his first official visit to China, Human Rights Watch said in a letter released today.

Letter to President Obama Ahead of his Visit to China

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:50:43 -0800

President Barack Obama

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW

Washington, DC 20500

Dear President Obama,

We write to you on the occasion of your first official visit to the People's Republic of China. We urge that you make the protection and promotion of human rights in China a central purpose of your visit.

America Needs Human Rights in China

Sophie Richardson — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

What an Olympic Glow can't Mask

Minky Worden — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:45:19 -0700

(Copenhagen) - Corks popped this month in Copenhagen, with Rio de Janeiro voted as host city for the 2016 Summer Games and the convening of the XIII Olympic Congress, the first since 1994. Meanwhile, in a dark cell in Fuzhou, a coastal city on the East China Sea, Ji Sizun has no cause to celebrate.