231. Criticism of the petition reform in China - The new regulations will lead to more violent protests   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) accuses the government of the Chinese People's Republic of introducing more restrictions to civil rights by means of the reform of the petition system. A new  

232. China announces the end of organ harvesting: Doubts concerning "voluntary" organ donations   …The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) raises doubts concerning China's statement about the end of organ harvesting from executed prisoners unless the organ donations are 'voluntary'. Prisoners of conscience and their…  

233. Continuing arrests in Tibet: China imprisons family members as well   On the occasion of the arrest of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and more than two dozen other dissidents, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) points out that Chinese security forces do not shrink from  

234. China: Human rights activist held in prison illegally   The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) accuses the Chinese government of illegally holding political prisoners in prison even after they have served their sentences, which is in violation of both  

235. Federal government should advocate for more freedom of the Internet and freedom of religion in China – Criticism of the German-Chinese Year of Language   … Chancellor Angela Merkel to advocate for more freedom of the Internet and freedom of religion in China during the talks with the Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang in Berlin on Sunday.  

236. China silences human rights activist and declares human rights issues as "secret affairs of the state"   … to inform the United Nations in Geneva on the situation in the People's Republic next week. In China, human rights activists who were planning to travel to Geneva are being arrested.  

237. China’s defamation campaign against Uighur human rights activists began six years ago – German government must take action!   … in Germany the Society for Threatened Peoples STP (Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker GfbV) has condemned China’s attempts at spying on the World Congress of Uighurs (WCU) , which has its seat in Munich. "We really…  

238. China: Human rights action in Berlin - Hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and Kazakhs illegally imprisoned   In the scope of a colorful human rights campaign, the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) will ask Chancellor Angela Merkel to use the German-Chinese intergovernmental consultations next Monday to  

239. Human rights campaign for China's persecuted artists begins Engage Tibetans, Uighurs and Mongolians in Germany's "Year of Chinese Culture 2012"!   Uyghurs, Tibetans and Mongolians must be included in the planning of the Year of Chinese Culture 2012 in Germany. This demand was underscored on Tuesday in a vigil before the Munich city hall, held  

240. A warning about an increase of violence in north-western China   … Peoples (STP) demands independent investigations regarding a police operation in north-western China, during which – according to eyewitness reports – up to 26 Muslim Uyghurs and one police officer got…