China 2003
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2003
- MAY 14, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zu Feng, Sun Liang and Sun Liansheng were sentenced...
Zu Feng, Sun Liang and Sun Liansheng were sentenced to death by the first Intermediate People's Court of Beijing for cheating 160 million yuan
- MAY 14, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China said it would execute or award a sentence of...
China said it would execute or award a sentence of up to life imprisonment for anyone violating quarantine and intentionally spreading SARS
- MAY 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former vice governor of China's south-western province...
The former vice governor of China's south-western province of Yunnan, Li Jiating, was given a suspended death sentence for bribery, the official Xinhua news agency reported
- MAY 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In its initial trial, the Jinan Intermediate People's...
In its initial trial, the Jinan Intermediate People's Court, in Shandong Province, China, sentenced two "principal criminals" to death and two to life imprisonment for manufacturing and trafficking drugs
- MAY 8, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seventeen farmers received sentences ranging from imprisonment...
Seventeen farmers received sentences ranging from imprisonment to the death penalty from the Beijing No
- MAY 5, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Hebei Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced...
The Hebei Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Hou Wanli to death, and Ma Qingli, his spouse, to 10 years imprisonment for trafficking children in central China, state media said
- APRIL 29, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cong Fukui, former executive vice-governor of Hebei...
Cong Fukui, former executive vice-governor of Hebei Province, was sentenced to death by the Zhangjiakou City Intermediate People's Court of Hebei Province
- APRIL 29, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eight criminals, convicted of charges including robbery...
Eight criminals, convicted of charges including robbery and murder, were executed in the Chinese capital of Beijing
- APRIL 24, 2003ChinaDEATH 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, in Geneva
- APRIL 22, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court announced...
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court announced its verdict in an ivory smuggling case, imposing the death penalty on Li Wenjian, with a two-year probation, and sentencing Liang Zhiqiang to life imprisonment
- APRIL 16, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three people in northeast China 's Jilin Province were...
Three people in northeast China 's Jilin Province were given their final ruling on their death sentences and were executed on the same day
- APRIL 16, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Lanzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Gansu Province,...
The Lanzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Gansu Province, China, sentenced to death Li Yuanjie, 21, Peng Gang, 22, Yao Wenkun, 23, Wu Guohua, 21, and sentenced Wang Ming, 20, to death with a reprieve
- APRIL 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wei Licheng, 39, a serial rapist convicted of attacks...
Wei Licheng, 39, a serial rapist convicted of attacks on 15 women and four children and 20 robberies was sentenced to death by a Beijing court
- APRIL 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed more people than any other country in...
China executed more people than any other country in 2002, two-thirds of the known world total of 1,500, and many of those cases violated international law, the human rights group Amnesty International said
- APRIL 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Out of 78 North Koreans arrested in the attempt to...
Out of 78 North Koreans arrested in the attempt to escape from China to South Korea in January, 30 were handed over by the Chinese authorities to North Korean frontier guards
- APRIL 7, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China is much freer than before, but its sheer size...
China is much freer than before, but its sheer size makes it the world's No
- APRIL 4, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four men responsible for a series of violent robberies...
Four men responsible for a series of violent robberies in which five people died were sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Shenyang city in northeast China's Liaoning Province
- APRIL 2, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The EU read a statement at the UN Commission on Human...
The EU read a statement at the UN Commission on Human Rights expressing concern at China's "extensive use" of the death penalty and declaring that torture, arbitrary arrests and religious repression were widespread in the country
- APRIL 2, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China published its own report on the human rights...
China published its own report on the human rights situation in the United States in response to the US State Department's human rights reports which saw the US note the human rights abuses in all countries globally, except itself
- MARCH 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chengdu Railway Communications Intermediate Court,...
The Chengdu Railway Communications Intermediate Court, in Sichuan Province, China, sentenced Wang Pingxue to death with two years reprieve for trafficking and transporting drugs
- MARCH 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided...
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided not extradite Chinese citizen Wen-min Zhang to China on fears he could be executed
- MARCH 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided...
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided not extradite Chinese citizen Wen-min Zhang to China on fears he could be executed
- MARCH 22, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
State media reported that two murderers, one who beat...
State media reported that two murderers, one who beat his parents to death with a metal bar and one who killed his wife with rat poison, were executed in the Chinese capital Beijing
- MARCH 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Qiao Jinming, convicted by the Second Intermediate...
Qiao Jinming, convicted by the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing of poisoning his wife, was sentenced to death
- MARCH 20, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The EU External Relations Council expressed serious...
The EU External Relations Council expressed serious concern over China's lack of respect for human rights, particularly the death penalty and torture, arbitrary detention, repression of all kinds (freedom of expression, religion and association) and actio
- MARCH 19, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed three men for killing taxi drivers in...
China executed three men for killing taxi drivers in and around the nation's capital, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
- MARCH 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it would raise its concerns...
The European Union said it would raise its concerns over China's human rights record, including its frequent use of the death penalty, at this month's annual gathering of the UN Human Rights Commission
- MARCH 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it would raise its concerns...
The European Union said it would raise its concerns over China's human rights record, including its frequent use of the death penalty, at this month's annual gathering of the UN Human Rights Commission
- MARCH 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The People's High Court in the eastern province of...
The People's High Court in the eastern province of Zhejiang announced that Yan Liang, 31, an employee of China Unicom's Quzhou branch, had been executed on terrorist charges for sending a mail bomb that killed his boss
- MARCH 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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