The Chinese Communist Party Rides a Tiger � How to Get Off?

China

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Head of state: Hu Jintao (replaced Jiang Zemin in March)
Head of government:Wen Jiabao (replaced Zhu Rongji in March)
Death penalty: retentionist
UN Women’s Convention: ratified with reservations
Optional Protocol to UN Women’s Convention: not signed


Further information
People’s Republic of China: Miscarriage of justice? The trial of Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche and related arrests
(AI Index: ASA 17/029/2003)

People’s Republic of China: Continuing abuses under a new leadership – summary of human rights concerns
(AI Index: ASA 17/035/2003)

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Covering events from January - December 2003

Despite a few positive steps, no attempt was made to introduce the fundamental legal and institutional reforms necessary to bring an end to serious human rights violations. Tens of thousands of people continued to be detained or imprisoned in violation of their rights to freedom of expression and association, and were at serious risk of torture or ill-treatment. Thousands of people were sentenced to death or executed. Restrictions increased on the cultural and religious rights of the mainly Muslim Uighur community in Xinjiang, where thousands of people have been detained or imprisoned for so-called “separatist” or “terrorist” offences. In Tibet and other ethnic Tibetan areas, freedom of expression and religion continued to be severely restricted. China continued to use the international “war against terrorism” as a pretext for cracking down on peaceful dissent.


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