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Amnesty International | 07.1.10 | “Justice, Justice”: The July 2009 Protests in Xinjiang, ChinaOn 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 ProvincesOver 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 ChinaHuman 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 ProtestsIn 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 PetitionersThis 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 ChinaBased 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 |