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China and East Asia

China | Japan | Mongolia | North Korea | South Korea | Taiwan

A paramilitary policeman keeps watch near the Olympic countdown clock displaying 500 days to the Olympic Games in Beijing March 26, 2007. © PrivateIn 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: Ensure the safety of Chen Guangcheng

Chen Guangcheng

Blind activist Chen Guangcheng has made a bold escape from illegal house arrest and fled to the American Embassy in Beijing. The human rights defender and his family have been held since he was released from prison in September 2010. He is now reported to be in a Beijing hospital with his family. We remain extremely concerned for their safety. 

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