A group of young Uighurs who were sentenced to death on political charges are facing imminent executions. They were sentenced to death after a secret trial and even their family members were not informed of the trial. Thousands of Uighurs are reported to have been arbitrarily detained in the region in the past few years, including many who were simply suspected of supporting nationalist cause. Unauthorized religious groups of all persuasions can face heavy fines, harassment and imprisonment. Many peaceful but unregistered religious gatherings have been raided by police, and those attending have been beaten, threatened and detained.
China executes more prisoners each year than all the rest of the world combined.
Political prisoners have been executed. Sentence of death is handed down after grossly unfair trials, often on the basis of confessions extracted under torture. The above examples are from Amnesty International's testimony before the Congress of the United States House Committee on International Relations on January 20th of this year. President Clinton hosted over 100 campaign fundraisers in the White House, many with Chinese connections. President Clinton used John Huang, Charlie Trie, Johnny Chung, James Riady, and others with strong Chinese ties to raise campaign money.