| | China: The Olympic countdown - three years of human rights reform? - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | The revision of China’s constitution in March 2004 to include the clause "the state respects and safeguards human rights" suggests an intent on the part of Chinese authorities to take seriously the task of improving human rights in China. |
 | | Pending the final abolition of the death penalty, Supreme Court final review of all death sentences should be re-introduced, the range and types of crimes punishable by the death penalty should be reduced, including elimination of the death sentence for non-violent crimes, and national statistics on death sentences and executions should be made public. |
 | | This right is recognized in Article 35 of China’s constitution which states that citizens of the People’s Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration. |
| web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGASA170212005 (2203 words) |