Organization Date Titlesort descending Keywords
Amnesty International 07.1.10 “Justice, Justice”: The July 2009 Protests in Xinjiang, China
On July 5, 2009, thousands of Chinese of Uighur ethnicity demonstrated in Urumqi, the regional capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). In the aftermath of the Urumqi protests, the authorities detained more than 1,400 people. In this... 		Human Rights, Uighur, Urumqi Protests, Xinjiang
Human Rights Watch 06.1.11 “My Children Have Been Poisoned”: A Public Health Crisis in Four Chinese Provinces
Over the past decade, numerous mass lead poisoning incidents have been reported across China. In response, Environmental Protection Ministry officials have become more outspoken, directing local officials to increase supervision of factories and enforce... 		Lead Poisoning, Pollution, Children
China Leadership Monitor 01.6.12 “Social Management” as a Way of Coping With Heightened Social Tensions
Joseph Fewsmith
Over the last year there has been an increasing emphasis on “social management” as a way of managing increasing social tensions in Chinese society. Indeed, the effort the CCP is putting into publicizing this concept underscores high-level concerns.... 		Social Management, Social Tensions, Internet, Arab Spring, Protests
Human Rights Watch 05.14.13 “Swept Away”: Abuses Against Sex Workers in China
Human Rights Watch believes the Chinese government should take immediate steps to protect the human rights of all people who engage in sex work. It should repeal the host of laws and regulations that are repressive and misused by the police, and end the... 		Prostitution, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, HIV/AIDS, Sexual Assault
Human Rights Watch 10.1.09 “We Are Afraid to Even Look for Them”: Enforced Disappearances in the Wake of Xinjiang’s Protests
In the aftermath of the July 2009 protests in Xinjiang province, which according to the Chinese government killed at least 197 people, Chinese security forces detained hundreds of people on suspicion of participating in the unrest. Dozens of these... 		Detention, Protests, Xinjiang
Human Rights Watch 12.1.05 “We Could Disappear at Any Time”: Retaliation and Abuses Against Chinese Petitioners
This 2005 report is the first in-depth look at the treatment of Chinese citizens who travel to Beijing to demand redress to their complaints of mistreatment by officials. While petitioning has long been in use in China, it is now on the rise; an... 		Harmonious Society, Human Rights, Petitioners, Social Tensions
Human Rights Watch 01.1.10 “Where Darkness Knows No Limits”: Incarceration, Ill-Treatment, and Forced Labor as Drug Rehabilitation in China
Based on research in Yunnan and Guangxi provinces, this report documents how China's June 2008 Anti-Drug Law compounds the health risks of suspected illicit drug users by allowing government officials and security forces to incarcerate them for up to six... 		Drug Treatment, Drugs, Incarceration