Tuesday, 28 May, 2002
The annual review by the international human rights group Amnesty International has highlighted increased abuses in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
The group [...] accused the Chinese Government of using the war against terrorism to justify action against ethnic Uighur separatists, claiming they are linked to the al-Qaeda network.
Amnesty International
There can be no trade-off between human rights and security
[...]
Report on China
Amnesty said a campaign against crime in China led to a massive increase in executions - even for crimes such as bribery, tax fraud and selling harmful foods - and "a new wave of executions of people labelled as 'separatists'
or 'terrorists'" in the wake of 11 September.
Torture and ill-treatment remained widespread and appeared to increase against certain groups
The group also said around 200 members of the banned Falun gong group allegedly died in custody as a result of torture over the past year.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_2012000/201255
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