China
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China: CTA highlights case of Tibetan political prisoner and writer Tsultrim Gyaltsen, renews human rights concerns
The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has spotlighted Tibetan writer and political prisoner Tsultrim Gyaltsen’s case. The administration claimed that Gyaltsen’s family has faced severe restrictions, with only a single brief visit reportedly allowed in October 2014.
China: Hong Kong proposes tightening prison rules to restrict visiting of people in prison on national security grounds
Hong Kong has proposed tightening its prison rules to restrict inmate visits, including those made by religious leaders and lawyers, if the authorities deem it necessary for national security.China: the country has half a million Uyghurs in prison or detention
China still has more than half a million Uyghurs in prisons or detention centers and has expanded its repression of the ethnic group, a new report says, despite Beijing’s assurances that the northwestern region of Xinjiang has returned to normalcy.China: ‘Border of Tears’, interviewing victims of Xinjiang prison camps
Subjected to arbitrary arrests and forced labor, sterilizations to torture, more than one million Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and other minorities are estimated to have been locked up in so-called “re-education” camps and prisons in the region over the last decade.China: 'Made in Prison' products gain popularity as online sales platform launches
An online charity platform that offers products designed and produced by incarcerated people has garnered favorable feedback from the public. The platform, Made in Prison, offers a variety of products including woodenware, ornaments, stationery, rattan products, and daily necessities.
China : the Uyghurs now live in a giant, open air prison camp
There’s a cultural genocide taking place in China right now against the nation’s Uyghur minority. Aggressively monitored by Chinese authorities and faced with the constant threat of arrest or torture, this Turkish-speaking people in China’s Far West now exist in the world’s first, real-life, digita…
China: Fotografías pirateadas revelan cómo funciona sistema penitenciario en Xinjiang
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Hong Kong : premier suspect reconnu coupable en vertu de la loi sur la sécurité
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Chine : au sein du Parti communiste chinois, des pouvoirs de police discrétionnaires
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China: welfare petition with 100,000 signatures pours heat on Hong Kong prison bosses to protect inmates from sweltering weather
The drive, initiated by rights group Wall-fare which was set up by former opposition lawmaker Shiu Ka-chun, urges measures such as cold water, improved ventilation and extra showers.China: jóvenes de Hong Kong en peligro de tortura tras su sentencia condenatoria en un juicio injusto
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Chine : jusqu'à trois ans de prison pour les HongKongais arrêtés en mer
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Chine : l’UE demande la libération "immédiate" de la "journaliste citoyenne" Zhang Zhan
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Chine : les autorités confirment la détention de Gulshan Abbas, femme médecin ouïghoure, pour "terrorisme"
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China: cien días después, se deben respetar los derechos de los jóvenes de Hong Kong detenidos
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