
Sarah Brooks
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Working with @Amnesty on all things China. Formerly @ISHRglobal. Views my own; RTs = interest, not endorsement.
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http://www.amnesty.org 21-12-2011 23:04:11
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Fantastic to see strong European Parliament vote--540 supported!--condemning the wrongful detention, calling for the release of #Uyghurs #IlhamTohti and #GushanAbbas. Scathing assessment of #China govt #humanrights record, calls on European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 member states UN Human Rights to step up.


This message from European Parliament couldn't be clearer. And Amnesty International's message is the same: Justice is long overdue. #China should immediately release #IlhamTohti, Gulshan Abbas and all those arbitrarily detained, and end the repression of #Uyghurs and other non-Han ethnic groups.

Responding to #PMQs today, & Keir Starmer’s call for China to “immediately release” #JimmyLai, Sebastien Lai said: “I am grateful to hear the Prime Minister call for my father’s immediate release. My father will be 77 soon, he has spent close to 4 years in solitary


"No country has a perfect #humanrights record, but not country is above fair scrutiny of its obligations." No debate, no double standards. #China should urgently adress protection gaps, cooperate with the United Nations system, and cease repression of #Uyghurs, #Tibetans and others.

We Amnesty International have called this trial a shameful retreat from rule of law, dignity, + due process - and UN Human Rights experts agree. #HongKong authorities should immediately release Lai, a prisoner of conscience, and end the misuse of the #NSL to sanction #freedomofexpression.

Raising concerns ("grave" ones, to be clear) is all well and good. But in para 3 UN UN Human Rights botches the message. The call isn't for a "review". It's for a "repeal", and an unconditional "release". #humanrights law demands nothing less. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

Five years on from the #1226 crackdown, and we’re here to stand with Luo Shengchun丁家喜律师妻子 李翘楚#许志永早日回家 and all family of those HRDs who were targeted. Read more about the case and the current situation of #DingJiaxi and #XuZhiyong here: amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

So thrilled at this show of Amnesty International solidarity to support #IlhamTohti’s immediate and unconditional release. As he marks yet another year unjustly behind bars, I truly hope he can feel these 40 thousand+ folks standing with him. Jewher.Ilham Ilham Tohti Initiative Maya Wang 王松蓮 CHRD人权捍卫者



Assessmnet of #crimesagainsthumanity is groundbreaking - and should bring renewed focus to what the UN Special Procedures have been saying for nearly a decade. Until #China allows open critique + unfettered access, we can only assume that detentions continue at a catastrophic scale.





#HongKong authorities prove themselves so intent on making an example out of #ChowHangtung that they retrogress several decades to ground policy in top-down assumptions about women's wellbeing and "inherent gender difference". Classy. hongkongfp.com/2025/04/14/hon… via Hong Kong Free Press HKFP


