China 2003
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2003
- MARCH 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Higher People's Court sentenced Chen Tongbao...
The Shanghai Higher People's Court sentenced Chen Tongbao to death for murder
- MARCH 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's top law enforcement officials promised redoubled...
China's top law enforcement officials promised redoubled efforts to crush terrorists, ethnic separatists, Falun Gong activists and others who they said threaten national security and economic progress
- MARCH 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A report released by China's supreme court president...
A report released by China's supreme court president to the National People's Congress revealed that over 800,000 Chinese had been sentenced to death or to life behind bars since 1998
- MARCH 8, 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
- MARCH 7, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhang Jianli to death for murder
- MARCH 7, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has developed a "mobile execution vehicle" to...
China has developed a "mobile execution vehicle" to make capital punishment easier to deliver, state press said
- MARCH 7, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhang Jianli to death for murder
- MARCH 6, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed two people by lethal injection in southwestern...
China executed two people by lethal injection in southwestern Yunnan province
- MARCH 1, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two high-ranking officials from central China's Hunan...
Two high-ranking officials from central China's Hunan Province were sentenced to death with a two-year suspension after being convicted of corruption and bribery
- MARCH 1, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yunnan Provincial Higher People's Court announced...
The Yunnan Provincial Higher People's Court announced that lethal injection would be used in carrying out the death penalty throughout the province
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people sentenced to death for murder were executed...
Six people sentenced to death for murder were executed in Beijing
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four brothers who killed a person in a holdup with...
Four brothers who killed a person in a holdup with homemade guns were sentenced to death in south China's Guangdong Province
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China retains the death penalty because the public...
China retains the death penalty because the public still supports the ultimate punishment, but Beijing has taken steps to restrict its use and turn to more humane ways of executing criminals, said a Beijing-based academic
- FEBRUARY 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xia Renfan, the former general manager of the Shenyang...
Xia Renfan, the former general manager of the Shenyang Passenger Transportation Group, was sentenced to death for embezzlement and accepting bribes, the China News Service reported
- FEBRUARY 20, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Slovenian association for supporting Tibet staged...
The Slovenian association for supporting Tibet staged a peaceful rally in front of the Chinese embassy in Ljubljana over the recent execution of Tibetan Lobsang Dhondup
- FEBRUARY 20, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three Hong Kong men were sentenced to death by a mainland...
Three Hong Kong men were sentenced to death by a mainland court for trafficking and selling more than 126kg of Ice
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people charged with trafficking and selling drugs...
Six people charged with trafficking and selling drugs were sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Zhanjiang, in south China's Guangdong Province, in the case's first trial
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guo Chunhu, 25, and Guo Chunbao, 23, two brothers convicted...
Guo Chunhu, 25, and Guo Chunbao, 23, two brothers convicted of producing fraudulent value added tax invoices were sentenced to death with two years' suspension by the No 1 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guo Chunhu, 25, and Guo Chunbao, 23, two brothers convicted...
Guo Chunhu, 25, and Guo Chunbao, 23, two brothers convicted of producing fraudulent value added tax invoices were sentenced to death with two years' suspension by the No 1 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Ma Lijun, a tourism official from...
It was reported that Ma Lijun, a tourism official from the province of Shaanxi, was sentenced to death for burning down a local Taoist temple because of a personal grudge
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced to death a man convicted...
A Chinese court sentenced to death a man convicted of blowing up a hotel and killing six people, including his lover's husband, the official Xinhua news agency reported
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese man convicted of impersonating a policeman...
A Chinese man convicted of impersonating a policeman to carry out robberies, was sentenced to death with two year's suspension by a Beijing court, the official Xinhua news agency reported
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former general manager of the Shenyang Passenger...
The former general manager of the Shenyang Passenger Traffic Group in northeast China's Liaoning Province, Xia Renfan, was sentenced to death for corruption and embezzlement of millions of yuan, state media reported
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four brothers were sentenced to death in south China...
Four brothers were sentenced to death in south China for attempting to carry out two armed bank robberies which resulted in one person being killed and five others injured, state media said
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has executed 81 Tibetan political prisoners in...
China has executed 81 Tibetan political prisoners in the past 16 years and another 208 Tibetans are in detention awaiting the same fate, a human rights group said
- FEBRUARY 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A blind, bedridden widow is taking on the might of...
A blind, bedridden widow is taking on the might of the Chinese Government in an effort to halt "executions on demand"
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs joined the...
The Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs joined the expressions of deep regret addressed at China upon the execution of the former Tibetan monk Lobsang Dhondup which took place despite appeals of the international community
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Tibetans in the Indian capital New Delhi staged a protest...
Tibetans in the Indian capital New Delhi staged a protest against the execution of a Tibetan separatist by China, witnesses said
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Relatives of two Tibetans, one executed and another...
Relatives of two Tibetans, one executed and another jailed for alleged roles in a series of bombings in western China, say the Chinese government banned them from talking about the case in public, the US-based Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported