Amnesty Annual Report 2015/2016: China
A series of new laws with a national security focus were drafted or enacted that presented grave dangers to human rights.
The government launched a massive nationwide crackdown against human rights lawyers.
Other activists and human rights defenders continued to be systematically subjected to harassment and intimidation.
Five women’s rights activists were detained for planning to mark International Women’s Day with a campaign against sexual harassment.
Authorities stepped up their controls over the internet, mass media and academia.
Televised “confessions” of critics detained for investigation multiplied.
Freedom of religion continued to be systematically stifled.
The government continued its campaign to demolish churches and take down Christian crosses in Zhejiang province.
In the predominantly Muslim Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, the regional government enacted new regulations to more tightly control religious affairs and ban all unauthorized religious practice.
The government maintained extensive controls over Tibetan Buddhist monasteries.
The UN Committee against Torture regretted that previous recommendations had not been implemented.
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