China 2000
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2000
- MAY 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yu Fengying, a former bus station worker, Wang Xiuying,...
Yu Fengying, a former bus station worker, Wang Xiuying, an unemployed woman, and Hu Jiama, a farmer, were sentenced to death for tricking 57 women between 1993 and 1998 with promises of work or travel to go to other parts of the mainland, where they were
- MAY 23, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Changhe, former secretary of the political and law...
Li Changhe, former secretary of the political and law committee of the city of Pingdingshan, central China, and assassins Liu Guoxing, and Yi Zhihong were given the death sentence for his involvement in a hired-killing and bribery scheme by the Intermedia
- MAY 19, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Following a rally held by the Yinchuan Intermediate...
Following a rally held by the Yinchuan Intermediate People's Court to pronounce their sentences, five convicted criminals were taken to the execution ground and executed by a firing squad
- MAY 10, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's Supreme People's Court announced that Lin Laibao...
China's Supreme People's Court announced that Lin Laibao from Lufeng city in Guangdong Province; Bing Guigang and Xie Zhongying from Huishui County in Guizhou Province; and Liang Kunmin from Suiyang County in Guizhou Province, were guilty of trafficking i
- MAY 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In May four convicted murderers, who conspired to kill...
In May four convicted murderers, who conspired to kill a prosecutor in retaliation for putting them in prison, were given death sentences by the Intermediate People's Court of Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province
- APRIL 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China forcibly returned a group of 60 refugees to North...
China forcibly returned a group of 60 refugees to North Korea after they protested and rioted on April 16 over bad treatment in a northeastern Chinese detention centre
- APRIL 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China forcibly returned a group of 60 refugees to North...
China forcibly returned a group of 60 refugees to North Korea after they protested and rioted on April 16 over bad treatment in a northeastern Chinese detention center
- APRIL 27, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi said in Beijing...
Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi said in Beijing that China retained the death penalty but controls it strictly and uses it cautiously
- APRIL 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
China voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
China voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights (no
- APRIL 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ge Lanzhen and Xu Ruzhen, leaders of a criminal gang...
Ge Lanzhen and Xu Ruzhen, leaders of a criminal gang of 16 people, all of them farmers from Guangnan County, Yunnan Province, were executed in Wenshan after being sentenced to death in November 1999
- APRIL 24, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liu Yong-zhen from Taiwan and Chen Linsong from Fujian...
Liu Yong-zhen from Taiwan and Chen Linsong from Fujian were given death sentences in trials of first instance in Zhangzhou city, in east China's Fujian Province
- APRIL 23, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Chenglong, former vice-mayor of Guigang in the Guangxi...
Li Chenglong, former vice-mayor of Guigang in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was executed following his conviction and sentencing for accepting bribes of 3
- APRIL 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cao Yufei, Gong Congying and Gao Zhenyu, members of...
Cao Yufei, Gong Congying and Gao Zhenyu, members of a major criminal gang who illegally raised over 500m yuan were sentenced to death in Beijing
- APRIL 19, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Portuguese representative to the UN Human Rights...
The Portuguese representative to the UN Human Rights Commission, Alvaro de Mendonca e Moura, regretted on behalf of the EU and the applicant countries, the Chinese attitude that blocked the voting of a resolution on Human Rights in China through a procedu
- APRIL 19, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five officials and businessmen from the Chinese capital...
Five officials and businessmen from the Chinese capital were sentenced to death for embezzling public funds
- APRIL 17, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jin Xiangwu, the owner of a video-game arcade who murdered...
Jin Xiangwu, the owner of a video-game arcade who murdered three primary school pupils over a 2
- APRIL 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Prison governor Jiayong Renqing of Lhasa jail in Tibet...
Prison governor Jiayong Renqing of Lhasa jail in Tibet said that the number of prisoners in Tibet jails represents 0
- APRIL 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Municipal Higher Court rejected an appeal from...
The Municipal Higher Court rejected an appeal from Hu Weiguo, 45, who received a two-year suspended death sentence on February 3 for setting fire to his house while his 14-year-old daughter was asleep inside the building
- APRIL 14, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liang Kunmin, a 27-year-old peasant from southwest...
Liang Kunmin, a 27-year-old peasant from southwest China's Guizhou Province, was given the death sentence by a local court in east China's Jiangsu Province for the abduction and rape of five women
- APRIL 11, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
He Xinquan and Gao Xinglong from Shanghai were given...
He Xinquan and Gao Xinglong from Shanghai were given death sentences for torturing a Songjiang District taxi driver to death and burying the corpse in a roadside ditch in East China's Anhui Province
- APRIL 9, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen Dequ was executed in Fuzhou
Chen Dequ was executed in Fuzhou
- APRIL 7, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Kong Jia, an unemployed ex-convict was executed in...
Kong Jia, an unemployed ex-convict was executed in Beijing for bludgeoning his parents to death with an iron bar
- APRIL 6, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yang Wen, 31, was executed in Taiyuan, the capital...
Yang Wen, 31, was executed in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province for raping two university students and killing a female postgraduate student during a failed sexual assault
- APRIL 1, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has launched a nationwide campaign against the...
China has launched a nationwide campaign against the abduction and selling of women and children, which has become increasingly common in recent years
- MARCH 21, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At the UN Commission on Human Rights Jaime Gama, Foreign...
At the UN Commission on Human Rights Jaime Gama, Foreign Minister of the EU term president Portugal, said the EU is committed to the dialogue with China on human rights
- MARCH 20, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The EU General Affairs Council condemned China for...
The EU General Affairs Council condemned China for "marking time" by signing international pacts
- MARCH 15, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Ma Lik said it would not be easy for China and...
Deputy Ma Lik said it would not be easy for China and Hong Kong to sign a mutual assistance agreement on criminal cases because of their differences on the issue of the death penalty
- MARCH 15, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Akesu in the northwestern region of Xinjiang...
A court in Akesu in the northwestern region of Xinjiang gave capital punishment to 11 people, who were shot immediately afterwards
- MARCH 11, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven criminals were executed in Tibet recently for murder
Seven criminals were executed in Tibet recently for murder