Contents
CHINA (INCLUDES TIBET, HONG KONG, AND MACAU) 2016 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 1
Executive Summary 1
Section 1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom from 2
a. Arbitrary Deprivation of Life and other Unlawful or Politically Motivated Killings 3
b. Disappearance 4
c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 6
d. Arbitrary Arrest or Detention 10
e. Denial of Fair Public Trial 14
f. Arbitrary or Unlawful Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence 21
Section 2. Respect for Civil Liberties, Including: 23
a. Freedom of Speech and Press 23
b. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association 35
c. Freedom of Religion 40
d. Freedom of Movement, Internally Displaced Persons, Protection of Refugees, and Stateless Persons 41
Section 3. Freedom to Participate in the Political Process 45
Section 4. Corruption and Lack of Transparency in Government 47
Section 5. Governmental Attitude Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of Human Rights 50
Section 6. Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons 51
Section 7. Workers Right 67
a. Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining 67
b. Prohibition of Forced or Compulsory Labor 70
c. Prohibition of Child Labor and Minimum Age for Employment 71
d. Discrimination with Respect to Employment and Occupation 71
e. Acceptable Conditions of Work 73
TIBET 2016 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 76
Executive Summary 76
Arbitrary Deprivation of Life and other Unlawful or Politically Motivated Killings 77
Disappearance 78
Torture and Other Cruel and Degrading Treatment 78
Prison and Detention Center Conditions 79
Arbitrary Arrest or Detention 79
Denial of Fair Public Trial 80
Tibetan Self-Immolations 81
Arbitrary or Unlawful Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence 82
Freedom of Speech and Press 83
Freedom of Assembly and Association 88
Freedom of Religion 90
Freedom of Movement 90
Freedom to Participate in the Political Process 92
Corruption and Lack of Transparency in Government 93
Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons 93
HONG KONG 2016 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 97
Executive Summary 97
Section 1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom from 98
a. Arbitrary Deprivation of Life and other Unlawful or Politically Motivated Killings 98
b. Disappearance 98
c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 99
d. Arbitrary Arrest or Detention 101
e. Denial of Fair Public Trial 103
f. Arbitrary or Unlawful Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence 106
Section 2. Respect for Civil Liberties, Including: 106
a. Freedom of Speech and Press 106
b. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association 111
c. Freedom of Religion 112
d. Freedom of Movement, Internally Displaced Persons, Protection of Refugees, and Stateless Persons 112
Section 3. Freedom to Participate in the Political Process 114
Section 4. Corruption and Lack of Transparency in Government 119
Section 5. Governmental Attitude Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of Human Rights 120
Section 6. Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons 121
Section 7. Worker Rights 127
a. Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining 127
b. Prohibition of Forced or Compulsory Labor 128
c. Prohibition of Child Labor and Minimum Age for Employment 129
d. Discrimination with respect to Employment and Occupation 130
e. Acceptable Conditions of Work 131
MACAU 2016 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 134
Executive Summary 134
Section 1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom from 134
a. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life 134
b. Disappearance 134
c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 134
d. Arbitrary Arrest or Detention 135
e. Denial of Fair Public Trial 136
f. Arbitrary or Unlawful Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence 138
Section 2. Respect for Civil Liberties, Including: 138
a. Freedom of Speech and Expression 138
b. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association 140
c. Freedom of Religion 141
d. Freedom of Movement, Internally Displaced Persons, Protection of Refugees, and Stateless Persons 141
Section 3. Freedom to Participate in the Political Process 142
Section 4. Corruption and Lack of Transparency in Government 143
Section 5. Governmental Attitude Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of Human Rights 144
Section 6. Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons 144
Section 7. Worker Rights 148
a. Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining 148
b. Prohibition of Forced or Compulsory Labor 150
c. Prohibition of Child Labor and Minimum Age for Employment 150
d. Discrimination with Respect to Employment and Occupation 151
e. Acceptable Conditions of Work 152