China 2001
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2001
- MARCH 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hu Changqing, former vice-governor of Jiangxi province,...
Hu Changqing, former vice-governor of Jiangxi province, was sentenced to death for corruption
- MARCH 2, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xu Jie and Du Jiansheng, two officials from the poor...
Xu Jie and Du Jiansheng, two officials from the poor southwestern province of Guizhou were executed for embezzling 72
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed seven people for their role in a multi-billion...
China executed seven people for their role in a multi-billion dollar smuggling scandal
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A [unidentified] Singaporean national was executed...
A [unidentified] Singaporean national was executed in China in January for drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 8, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people involved in the large-scale production...
Seven people involved in the large-scale production of counterfeit bank notes were executed in Shanwei, in South China's Guangdong Province
- FEBRUARY 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six gang members were executed in Jiangsu province
Six gang members were executed in Jiangsu province
- FEBRUARY 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court found...
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court found Chen Sen, 41, guilty of the premeditated murder of Cai Bixia his young son's teacher, whom he attacked because he believed she discriminated against his son, on October 31, 2000
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lu Benqun, 21; Wang Xiaoming, 21; and Zhu Pingdong,...
Lu Benqun, 21; Wang Xiaoming, 21; and Zhu Pingdong, 17, were sentenced to death by the Xi'an Intermediate People' s Court
- JANUARY 30, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen Zhiqing, 37, an accountant at the People's Bank...
Chen Zhiqing, 37, an accountant at the People's Bank of China branch in Xining, Qinghai province, was sentenced to death by Xining Intermediate People's Court, for looting 15
- JANUARY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EU foreign ministers criticised China for its ongoing...
EU foreign ministers criticised China for its ongoing use of the death penalty and its continued human rights violations
- JANUARY 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme People's Court People announced that who...
The Supreme People's Court People announced that who are engaged in spying activities, including stealing, detecting, purchasing or leaking state secrets in China will face also the death penalty
- JANUARY 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liao Buhuang and Wu Tongzhu, two men who abducted 154...
Liao Buhuang and Wu Tongzhu, two men who abducted 154 women and two children and made 840,000 yuan from selling them to people in the richer eastern provinces were also executed
- JANUARY 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zheng Mingyue, Zheng Mingliang, Liu Jiuwei and Han...
Zheng Mingyue, Zheng Mingliang, Liu Jiuwei and Han Chenggui, all male farmers from Siyang County of Jiangsu Province, were executed in Suqian City of east China's Jiangsu Province for organizing an underground gang who abducted, raped and sold women in Yu
- JANUARY 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Both the procuratorate and the court of Mianyang city...
Both the procuratorate and the court of Mianyang city were ordered each to pay 53,528
- JANUARY 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 2 men for murder
China executed 2 men for murder
- JANUARY 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed a man for drug dealing
China executed a man for drug dealing
- JANUARY 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 26 people convicted of robbery, rape...
China executed 26 people convicted of robbery, rape and murder as the police mounted a drive to rid the streets of criminals and warn potential offenders ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays
- JANUARY 12, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Alerken Abula, leader of the 113-member East Turkestan...
Alerken Abula, leader of the 113-member East Turkestan Islamic Party of Allah, recently sentenced by Intermediate People's Court of Bayingolin Mongol autonomous prefecture, was executed for planning and committing "terrorist" attacks in the region of Xinj
- JANUARY 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Yufen, a woman former company manager, was sentenced...
Li Yufen, a woman former company manager, was sentenced to death by the Jilin Higher People's Court for defrauding companies and individuals of more than 38 million yuan (about 4
- JANUARY 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xia Longhua and Zhao Guangkai were sentenced to death...
Xia Longhua and Zhao Guangkai were sentenced to death by the Shanghai Municipal Number Two Intermediate People's Court
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhou Changqing, a former Shaanxi provincial official...
Zhou Changqing, a former Shaanxi provincial official who has misappropriated more than 50 million yuan, was executed
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cai Xueyuan, a 32-year-old policeman, was sentenced...
Cai Xueyuan, a 32-year-old policeman, was sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Zhengzhou, capital of central Henan Province for stealing firearms and immediately executed
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three triad members, Chen Zewu, 31, Ke Xingzhi, 37,...
Three triad members, Chen Zewu, 31, Ke Xingzhi, 37, and Lin Zai, 29, were executed
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A couple, Liu Yixia, 37, the wife, a former teller...
A couple, Liu Yixia, 37, the wife, a former teller of the China Scientific and Technological Development Foundation (CSTDF), and her husband, Li Shaoyang, 44, two jobless, was executed for embezzlement of more than 8
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhang Yongda was executed for drug trafficking
Zhang Yongda was executed for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
President of the Supreme People's Court, told judges...
President of the Supreme People's Court, told judges they should not hesitate to use tough penalties against corrupt cadres and the four "bad elements" of society
- JANUARY 9, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jur'at Nuri and Abduhalik Abdureshit were executed...
Jur'at Nuri and Abduhalik Abdureshit were executed in Yining city in the Xinjiang region, for working to overthrow Chinese rule
- JANUARY 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Guangqiang, a Hong Kong businessman who smuggled...
Li Guangqiang, a Hong Kong businessman who smuggled 33,000 bibles to China in 2000, may face the death penalty for practicing unauthorized religious worship, the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said
- JANUARY 4, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In accordance with law regarding a large smuggling...
In accordance with law regarding a large smuggling case the Jiangmen City Intermediate People's Court held a public trial on Huang Guolin, a dismissed worker of customs, Fu Zhijian and Hu Yingcong, former staff members of the Taishan customs and sentenced
- JANUARY 4, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate Peoples Court in Foshan city, Guangdong...
The Intermediate Peoples Court in Foshan city, Guangdong province, sentenced 6 men to death for unrelated murder and manslaughter charges