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The use of "freezing, hunger, scorching and fatigue" during police interrogations must be eliminated, the order says.

The UN Committee Against Torture says it is unconvinced by many of Beijing's claims at a review of its record last month.

Zhen Jianghua has been held incommunicado for five months with no access to family or a lawyer, prompting fears for his personal safety.

The group wants U.S. President Donald Trump to freeze any assets and deny visas to police chiefs in charge at the time of Cao Shunli's death in detention.

The ruling Chinese Communist Party's 88 million members can be locked up and abused at any time with no access to a lawyer or due legal process.

Xie Yang's wife hits out at an official cover-up, as lawyers and relatives are repeatedly denied permission to visit him.

Rights activists detail the detention and torture of netizens who called for street protests in China.

Friends and fellow activists say Wu Gan has likely refused to give police a 'confession' to the charges against him.

Huang Yan says she is deeply grateful to the democratic island, where she fled after her Thai visa was due to expire.

Two other political refugees are still waiting in the island's international airport for a decision on their application.

Analysts say Beijing must consider the disgraced politician's leftist support base and chances of a comeback.

Anyone deemed to have been 'colluding with foreign forces' could be a target, as Chinese officials start name-checking pro-democracy figures in public.

Chinese travel agencies say they have been quietly ordered not to take tour groups to the Holy See, 'because that state doesn't legally recognize us.'

Chinese who travel overseas in tour groups are fearful in their new environment, tour guides say.

China's full-throttle diplomatic response comes after exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama visited the country earlier this month.

A South African charity calls for the release of the tourists, who experts say may have obtained information banned by Beijing.

Police clear Beijing of dissidents ahead of a star-studded martial arts event.

Managers at Toutiao are called in by cyberpace regulators 'for a chat,' before vowing to promote the spirit of President Xi Jinping's 19th party congress.

Officials in Guangdong are pressured to reveal the names of the most polluted brands.

Chinese authorities clean polluted site after netizens voice concerns.

Lax enforcement of environmental standards threatens rivers, food supplies.

Parents riot and authorities take action over a Chinese factory blamed for lead poisoning in hundreds of children.

Tariffs would have a 60-day consultation period, while U.S. trade chief pursues WTO action on Chinese technology policies.

Ugly scenes in the city's shopping malls could harm the cause of the pro-democracy movement, some fear.

It joins Russia and Uzbekistan in fresh U.S. trafficking blacklist

The US cites China’s complicity in North Korean forced labor as a reason for its downgrade.

Police remove a petitioning AIDS activist from Beijing just after World AIDS Day.

Chinese officials are educating propagandists on how to steer online discourse.

Edward Leung is sent to a prison generally reserved for those serving the heaviest penalties.

The activists had called on local officials to reveal publicly details of their wealth.