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China and Tibet China: Release Jailed Rights Activist Hu Jia Exonerate or Grant Medical Parole to Olympics Dissident The Chinese government should immediately exonerate or grant medical parole to imprisoned human rights activist Hu Jia, Human Rights Watch said just ahead of the sixth-month anniversary of his flawed conviction. Human Rights Watch also called on the government to cease the harassment and surveillance of Hu’s wife Zeng Jinyan and infant daughter Qianci. October 1, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Letter to the United Nations Committee against Torture Re: Fourth Periodic Report of China, 41st session of the Committee against Torture 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. September 30, 2008 Letter Child soldiers and the China factor By Jo Becker September 12, 2008 Published in International Herald Tribune Myin Win was 11 years old when he was first recruited into Burma's national army. He was picked up by soldiers while selling vegetables at a railway station and sent to a military training camp. He weighed only 70 pounds, or about 32 kilograms, and said that the guns were so heavy he could hardly lift them. September 12, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version China: As Paralympics Launch, Disabled Face Discrimination Hiring Bias, Harassment of Disabled Organizations Undermine Laws Despite recent positive steps, discrimination against persons with disabilities continues in China and organizations for the disabled face government pressure and harassment, Human Rights Watch said today on the eve of the September 6 Paralympic Games in Beijing. September 4, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version China: Hosting Olympics a Catalyst for Human Rights Abuses IOC and World Leaders Fail to Challenge Great Leap Backward for Rights in China The hosting of the 2008 Beijing Olympics has set back the clock for the respect of human rights in the People’s Republic of China, Human Rights Watch said ahead of the Games’ closing ceremony in Beijing on Sunday, August 24. Over the past year Human Rights Watch has monitored and documented extensive human rights violations directly linked to the preparation and the hosting of the Games. August 22, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version China: Olympic Sponsors Ignore Human Rights Abuses TOP Sponsors Should Back Introduction of a Permanent Olympic Rights Monitor The major corporate sponsors of the Beijing Olympics have failed to uphold their own principles of corporate social responsibility, Human Rights Watch said today. Sponsors have failed to speak out – either individually or collectively – about human rights abuses linked to the Beijing Games, and should be prepared to support the establishment of a permanent body inside the International Olympic Committee to monitor rights abuses at future Olympics. August 18, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version China: End Abuses of Media Freedom IOC Should Investigate and Publicize Abuses The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should turn words into action and immediately establish a reporting mechanism for violations of media freedoms in China, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch and other groups have documented many violations of China’s promise to allow press freedom in exchange for hosting the Olympic Games. August 14, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version China: Police Detain Would-Be Olympic Protesters Increasing Repression of Activists, Media Sources; No Protests Approved Yet The Chinese government is detaining a rights activist who applied to demonstrate legally in designated “protest zones” established for the Beijing Olympics, Human Rights Watch said today. August 12, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Sponsoring the Olympics Is Bad for Business By Sophie Richardson Published in The Huffington Post Olympic sponsors have not only an opportunity but a duty to speak out about human rights abuses in China, since these abuses violate the Olympic Charter, the human rights pledges made by Beijing when bidding for the Games, and, most important, the principles upon which their own corporate social responsibility policies are built. August 7, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version China: Olympics Harm Key Human Rights Chinese Government, IOC Wasted Historic Opportunity for Reform The 2008 Beijing Olympics will open tainted by a sharp increase in human rights abuses directly linked to China’s preparations for the games, Human Rights Watch said today. The games open on August 8, 2008. August 5, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version China: International Olympic Committee Abets Censorship IOC Must Release Confidential Host City Contract The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) admission that it consented to Chinese government censorship of certain websites ends the debate over whether the Olympics will promote rights in China, Human Rights Watch said today. July 31, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version China: Beaten Activist to Be Tried on Eve of Olympics Case Spotlights Crackdown on Critics The Chinese government should immediately release the housing rights activist Ni Yulan and drop all charges against her, Human Rights Watch said today. Ni Yulan's trial is scheduled to take place in Beijing on August 4, four days before the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympics on August 8. July 29, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Nepal: Abuses Against Tibetans Protesting China’s Tibet Crackdown China Leans on Nepal to Stifle Demonstrations The government of Nepal, under pressure from China, has arbitrarily arrested hundreds of Tibetans and restricted their right to demonstrate against the March 2008 crackdown in Tibet, Human Rights Watch said in a new report today. Human Rights Watch called on Nepal to respect Tibetans’ rights to free expression and assembly, and for China to end its pressure campaign against Nepal. July 24, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Appeasing China Restricting the Rights of Tibetans in Nepal
HRW Index No.: 1-56432-365-X July 24, 2008 Report Download PDF, 1370 KB, 64 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release China is losing the human rights race Published in Times Online When China won the right to host the 2008 Olympics, it was due in good part to human rights pledges. These included a specific commitment of “complete freedom” to report for the global media. Beijing made these pledges after losing its first bid to host in 1993, largely because of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. July 14, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version China’s Forbidden Zones Shutting the Media out of Tibet and Other “Sensitive” Stories
HRW Index No.: 1-56432-357-9 July 7, 2008 Report Download PDF, 472 KB, 71 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release China: Olympics Media Freedom Commitments Violated IOC Ignores Beijing’s Broken Pledges and Denial of Access The Chinese government continues to block and threaten foreign journalists despite repeated promises to lift media freedom restrictions ahead of the Olympic Games, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. July 3, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version UN: Harsh Drug Policies Undermine AIDS Prevention and Treatment Respect Rights to Life, Health of Drug Users to Stem Rising HIV Epidemics The United Nations should ensure that policies to control illicit drugs do not impede access to lifesaving HIV services, a group of public health and rights organizations said today in a joint letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other key UN officials. June 23, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version China: Lhasa Torch Relay Tarnishes Olympic Movement Information Blackout Belies Return to Normality The Chinese government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) risk tarnishing the Olympic movement by holding the torch relay in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, Human Rights Watch said today. Lhasa, where the torch is due to arrive on June 21, has remained off-limits to foreign media and independent observers since protests began there in mid-March. June 17, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Statement on Human Rights Situations that Require the Council's Attention Human Rights Watch's Statement to the Human Rights Council Human Rights Watch brings the human rights situations in Somalia, Ethiopia, China, and Zimbabwe to the Council's attention during the June session's General Debate (agenda item 4). June 6, 2008 Oral Statement Printer friendly version |
  
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