No problem:
- targets activists and their family members with harassment, imprisonment and torture
- Nobel prize winner for demanding political change imprisoned for subverting the government
- human rights activists often face imprisonment, detention, torture, commitment to psychiatric facilities, house arrest, and intimidation.
- use of torture to extract confessions is prevalent, and miscarriages of justice are frequent due to weak courts and tight limits on the rights of the defense.
- until very recently there were about 160,000 people in about 350 camps sent there through arbitrary detention in which the police can detain people for up to four years without trial.
- government enforced family planning severely limiting the ability to have children.
- To date there is still no law protecting people from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, which remains common especially in the workplace.
- Same-sex partnership and marriage are not recognized under law. In February, a lesbian couple attempted to register at the marriage registry in Beijing but their application was rejected.
- On May 17, the International Day against Homophobia, city authorities detained Xiang Xiaohan, an organizer of a local gay pride parade, and held him for 12 days for organizing an “illegal march.” Demonstrations require prior permission, which is rarely granted.
Problem:
Restricting bathroom use to biological sex only.
