The Olympic Games in Beijing brought heightened repression throughout the country as authorities tightened control over human rights defenders, religious...

Growing numbers of human rights activists were imprisoned, put under house arrest or surveillance, or harassed.[…] Falun Gong practitioners were...

Repression of spiritual and religious groups The government continued to crack down on religious observance outside officially sanctioned channels. Thousands...

Repression of spiritual and religious groups Religious observance outside official channels remained tightly circumscribed. In March, the authorities promulgated a...

Political crackdowns continued on specific groups, including the Falun Gong spiritual movement, unofficial Christian groups, and so-called “separatists” and “religious...

Repression of spiritual and religious groups Members of unofficial spiritual or religious groups, including some Qi Gong groups and unregistered...

Serious human rights violations continued and in some respects the situation deteriorated. […] The “strike hard” campaign against crime launched...

Repression of spiritual and religious groups The campaign against groups branded as ”heretical organizations” continued. There was mounting evidence that...

Repression of spiritual and religious groups Followers of the Falun Gong spiritual group faced detention, unfair trials, torture and imprisonment...

Developments in the human rights situation in China over the past few months represent a major set back for human...