January 2011

U.S. lawmakers and activists called on China Wednesday to dramatically improve its human rights record as Chinese President Hu Jintao had his first state visit with President Barack Obama.

A Chinese court official’s comments regarding trials on “endangering state security” raises troubling questions about Chinese authorities’ misuse of state security charges, lack of transparency in criminal procedures and inconsistency in reporting information about criminal trials.

Since being inaugurated in 2001, Turkey's annual hosting of its "Anatolian Eagle" aerial military exercises at Konya air base in the central Anatolian region of Konya have been central to its efforts to preserve military preparedness and to enhance relations with the air forces of the United States and fellow North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies.

Amnesty International today cast doubt on the legitimacy of the hundreds of trials conducted by the Chinese authorities in connection with protests and violence in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in July 2009.