Mark Allison

These detentions and other abuses seriously undermine claims by the authorities to 'respect and protect human rights', a new provision read more

These detentions and other abuses seriously undermine claims by the authorities to 'respect and protect human rights', a new provision introduced into the Chinese Constitution in March 2004.

Many of these activists are defending human rights. The authorities must ensure that they are able to continue with their read more

Many of these activists are defending human rights. The authorities must ensure that they are able to continue with their peaceful activities without fear of arbitrary detention, harassment or other human rights violations.

We urge the Supreme People's Court to conduct an immediate review of this decision with a view to overturning it. read more

We urge the Supreme People's Court to conduct an immediate review of this decision with a view to overturning it. Extending the death penalty to cover more crimes goes against the international trend towards abolition.

We've been campaigning against controls on the Internet in China for many years now. We've been particularly concerned about the read more

We've been campaigning against controls on the Internet in China for many years now. We've been particularly concerned about the number of people who have been put in prison just for expressing their opinion on the Internet, or for accessing certain information that the government finds threatening or embarrassing.

We are just very fortunate that, here in Minnesota, we have the greatest researchers and doctors working on this. We read more

We are just very fortunate that, here in Minnesota, we have the greatest researchers and doctors working on this. We couldn't ask for anything better from them and the Minnesota Twins.