China and East Asia
China | Japan | Mongolia | North Korea | South Korea | Taiwan
In China, serious human rights violations continue to be committed. This
includes torture, execution (in which China is world leader), excessive use of
force in public order policing, repression of dissent and forced repatriation
of asylum seekers without recourse to a refugee determination procedure.
Foreign governments continue to fail in challenging China's disastrous human
rights record, however, the recent award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Chinese
human rights defender, Liu Xiaobo (right), may lead to some positive change in
that regard.
East Asia sees continuing serious human rights abuses
across the region. Freedom of expression is still significantly limited in
South Korea. In North Korea the government still fails to uphold its
population's basic right to food and health care. Most East Asian governments,
including Japan, continue to apply the death penalty.
Read more about the countries in this region in our 2011 Annual Report
China: Legal advisor being starved
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Human rights defender Chen Guangcheng was released from prison on 9 September 2010. Since
then he and his family have been held under house arrest without access to a phone. The authorities have even prevented Chen Guangcheng's wife Yuan Weijing from going out to buy food and the family are now having to rely on their small vegetable garden for sustenance. Latest news
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Further information
- North Korea: Implementing Recommendations to improve Human Rights (Open Letter) 4 October 2010
- Mongolia: Briefing to the Committee Against Torture 1 October 2010
- Japan urged to protect right to protest after anti-whaling activists convicted 7 September 2010
