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Information Centre Asylum and Migration Briefing Notes

Published by on July 15, 2013

Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum 15 July 2013 Security situation On 25.06.13, several Taliban fighters attacked the presidential palace in Kabul. After explosions and gunfire erupted for more than an hour, the attackers were killed. On 01.07.13, an attack in northern Baghlan province claimed the lives of a district police chief and of three police officers. In the capital Kabul, members of the security forces killed a suicide bomber before he was able to detonate himself in front of the National Directorate of Security NDS. In western Badghis province, Taliban attacked three border checkpoints; twelve insurgents were killed Read the full article…

China: Amnesty International Annual Report 2013

Published by on May 23, 2013

Amnesty International 23 May 2013 The authorities maintained a stranglehold on political activists, human rights defenders and online activists, subjecting many to harassment, intimidation, arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance. At least 130 people were detained or otherwise restricted to stifle criticism and prevent protests ahead of the leadership transition initiated at the18th Chinese Communist Party Congress in November. Access to justice remained elusive for many, resulting in millions of people petitioning the government to complain of injustices and seek redress outside the formal legal system. Muslims, Buddhists and Christians, who practised their religion outside officially sanctioned channels, and Falun Gong Read the full article…

China: US Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2012

Published by on April 19, 2013

United States Department of State 19 April 2013 Summary The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is an authoritarian state in which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) constitutionally is the paramount authority. CCP members hold almost all top government and security apparatus positions. Ultimate authority rests with the 25-member Political Bureau (Politburo) of the CCP and its seven-member Standing Committee. Xi Jinping holds two of the three most powerful positions as CCP general secretary and chairman of the Central Military Commission; during the March 2013 meeting of the National People’s Congress (NPC), Xi was expected to assume the third key position Read the full article…

China: Anti-Corruption Activists Jailed

Published by on April 3, 2013

Human Rights Watch 3 April 2013 The Chinese government should immediately release four activists detained after calling for requiring government officials to disclose their assets publicly, Human Rights Watch said today. The detentions are the harshest action yet against activists involved in a grass-roots campaign to press the government to honor its promise to fight corruption. “The detention of four anti-corruption activists calls into question President Xi Jinping’s commitment to get tough on graft,” said Sophie Richardson, China director, “The government’s treatment of these activists is a litmus test about whether Xi’s campaign to end China’s corruption epidemic is more than mere rhetoric Read the full article…

Human Rights and Democracy: The 2012 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Report

Published by on April 1, 2013

UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office April 2013 SECTION IX: Human Rights in the Countries of Concern This section contains our review of the human rights situation in 27 countries where the UK Government has wide-ranging concerns. For this year’s report, we decided to review thoroughly the criteria we use for deciding which countries are of most human rights concern to the UK. We drew on feedback from the Foreign Affairs Committee and consulted with the Foreign Secretary’s Advisory Group on Human Rights in doing so. Our geographical directors, with input from our embassies and high commissions overseas, subsequently assessed all Read the full article…

China: Amnesty International Annual Report 2012

Published by on May 24, 2012

Amnesty International Annual Report 2012: the state of the world’s human rights Published May 24th 2012 Fearful of a protest movement inspired by events in the Middle East and North Africa, in February the authorities unleashed one of the harshest crackdowns on political activists, human rights defenders and online activists since the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations. Harassment, intimidation, arbitrary and illegal detention, and enforced disappearances intensified against government critics. Ethnic minority regions were under heightened security as local residents protested against discrimination, repression and other violations of their rights. The authorities increased ongoing efforts to bring all religious practice within Read the full article…

China & Tibet: Human Rights Watch World Report 2012

Published by on January 22, 2012 | 1 Response

Human Rights Watch World Report 2012 - China & Tibet. Published 22 January 2012 and available at Human Rights Watch in English, Mandarin, Vietnamese and French. Against a backdrop of rapid socio-economic change and modernization, China continues to be an authoritarian one-party state that imposes sharp curbs on freedom of expression, association, and religion; openly rejects judicial independence and press freedom; and arbitrarily restricts and suppresses human rights defenders and organizations, often through extra-judicial measures. The government also censors the internet; maintains highly repressive policies in ethnic minority areas such as Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia; systematically condones—with rare exceptions—abuses Read the full article…

China: ‘Enforced Disappearances a Growing Threat’

Published by on November 18, 2011

Publisher: Human Rights Watch (9th November 2011) Overview: “Enforced disappearances by the Chinese government’s security agencies have soared as a means to silence perceived dissent, Human Rights Watch said today at a news conference in Hong Kong. The government has failed to address the growing problem and is instead attempting to effectively legalize that unlawful practice through a revision to the country’s Criminal Procedure Law, Human Rights Watch said. Under international law, a state commits an enforced disappearance when its agents take a person into custody and then deny holding the person or fail to disclose the person’s whereabouts. Family Read the full article…

China: UKBA Operational Guidance Note

Published by on October 11, 2011

UKBA Operational Guidance Note, China 11 October 2011 UKBA Country Specific Asylum Policy Operational guidance notes (OGNs), use country of origin information (COI) reports and other sources to provide a brief summary for use by UKBA decision-makers. Caseowners must not base decisions on the country of origin information in OGN guidance; it is included to provide context only and does not purport to be comprehensive. The most up to date OGN can be downloaded from UKBA website, here CONTENTS Introduction Country assessment Main categories of claims - Falun Gong/Falun Dafa - Involvement with pro-Tibetan/pro/independence political organisations - Involvement with illegal Read the full article…