China 2001
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2001
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two men were found guilty of murder and executed at...
Two men were found guilty of murder and executed at a city sports stadium, in front of 3,000 people in Huanggang, a rundown city in the central province of Hubei
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences, tough prison terms and other forms...
Death sentences, tough prison terms and other forms of state punishment are likely to rise as Shanghai prepares for the October 1 National Day holiday, according to a senior city court official
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's top law enforcement official has called for...
China's top law enforcement official has called for a six-month strike hard campaign on official and corporate corruption and vowed substantial results within two years, state press said
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Shanghai newspapers reported the executions of five...
Shanghai newspapers reported the executions of five defendants on charges ranging from murder to robbery
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people, including four women, died in police custody...
Six people, including four women, died in police custody or in detention centres in China after being detained for allegiance to the banned Falun Gong spiritual sect
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has executed two Taiwanese nationals who were...
China has executed two Taiwanese nationals who were condemned to death for murdering a third Taiwanese in order to claim his life insurance, according to a report seen here Thursday
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Police in Liaoning province shot dead a fellow officer...
Police in Liaoning province shot dead a fellow officer after he allegedly gunned down five people, including his mother-in-law, at a bathhouse, state media reported
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's chief of police said Beijing would share information...
China's chief of police said Beijing would share information with the United States in the most concrete offer to date of what it would do to help a U
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death in Henan province for...
A man was sentenced to death in Henan province for murdering his wife, adopted son and another person with poisoned soft drinks
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Following an execution order issued by the Higher People's...
Following an execution order issued by the Higher People's Court of Beijing City, the First Intermediate People's Court of Beijing City executed four men for robbery and forcing women into prostitution
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Kawasaki branch of Yokohama District Court in Japan...
The Kawasaki branch of Yokohama District Court in Japan sentenced a Chinese man to death for a murder-robbery in 1999 in which three Chinese were stabbed to death and another three injured
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man in the Chinese city of Shanghai was sentenced...
A man in the Chinese city of Shanghai was sentenced to death for killing one of his bosses when he could not get a day off to watch a Manchester United match
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people who robbed a bank in central China's Henan...
Six people who robbed a bank in central China's Henan Province were sentenced to death and deprived of all property
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhong Hongzhi was sentenced to death with two years'...
Zhong Hongzhi was sentenced to death with two years' probation, and an accomplice, Yang Meishou, to three years imprisonment with three years' probation, for forging value-added invoices totalling millions of yuan
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Courts across China were urged by the country's supreme...
Courts across China were urged by the country's supreme court to use lethal injections for executions in capital punishment cases
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed some 24 people after a public sentencing...
China executed some 24 people after a public sentencing rally
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Thirteen Hong Kong people arrested over what is believed...
Thirteen Hong Kong people arrested over what is believed to be a world record seizure of almost 17 tonnes of the drug "ice" are facing the death penalty in a trial that starts on September 11 in Shenzhen
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eleven people convicted of murder, rape or robbery...
Eleven people convicted of murder, rape or robbery were executed by Chinese authorities on September 8 and 9 as part of the "Strike Hard" anti-crime campaign
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two Chinese Haw tribesmen, Ar-hong sae Soo, 27, and...
Two Chinese Haw tribesmen, Ar-hong sae Soo, 27, and Ar-sing sae Lee, 28, were sentenced to death by the Criminal Court in Thailand
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand's Corrections Minister Matt Robson and...
New Zealand's Corrections Minister Matt Robson and Justice Minister Phil Goff raised their concerns about China's use of the death penalty, and its incarceration of political prisoners during a meeting with visiting Chinese Justice Minister Zhang Fusen
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China imposes the death penalty for hacking and other...
China imposes the death penalty for hacking and other cyber crimes
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two senior executives of real estate companies were...
Two senior executives of real estate companies were each given a death sentence with a two-year reprieve and life imprisonment by the Beijing No 1 Intermediate Court
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four criminals were separately sentenced to death for...
Four criminals were separately sentenced to death for forcing women to engage in prostitution by a court in Minquan County of Shangqiu City, Henan Province
- AUGUST 31, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in the southern province of Hunan sentenced...
A court in the southern province of Hunan sentenced a woman who blew up her husband and two accomplices to death for killing her husband and four other victims with a home-made bomb
- AUGUST 31, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An extortionist who set off a home-made bomb in a supermarket...
An extortionist who set off a home-made bomb in a supermarket in China and wounded 27 shoppers was sentenced to death by a court in the northern city of Datong
- AUGUST 30, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Changsha City's Intermediate People's Court carried...
Changsha City's Intermediate People's Court carried out the first trial in a major bombing case, which resulted in five dead and four injured, that occurred in Liuyang City's Dayao Township
- AUGUST 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Local media reported that four members of a gang in...
Local media reported that four members of a gang in southern China that kidnapped children, mostly babies, and sold them to rural families were executed
- AUGUST 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xinhua, the official state news agency reported that...
Xinhua, the official state news agency reported that a Guangxi Zhuang, "Falun Gong addict", was sentenced to death for murder by the Intermediate People's Court in the Guangxi Zhuang
- AUGUST 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people who robbed a bank in central China's Henan...
Six people who robbed a bank in central China's Henan Province were sentenced to death and deprived of all property
- AUGUST 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Qi Huogui, described by Hong Kong-based news agency...
Qi Huogui, described by Hong Kong-based news agency Zhongguo Tongxun She as "the most serious corrupt official since the founding of Hainan Province," was executed by firing squad