China 2003
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2003
- JANUARY 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Tibetan activists questioned holding the 2008 Olympic...
Tibetan activists questioned holding the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing after Tibetan Lobsang Dhondup was executed over a series of bombings
- JANUARY 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Tibetan protestors, who were arrested on January 30...
Tibetan protestors, who were arrested on January 30 in New Delhi while holding a demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy against the execution of Tibetan monk Lobsang Dhondup [on January 26 in China], went on a hunger strike inside Tihar jail, the Tibet
- JANUARY 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In a letter to Chinese Peoples' Assembly head Li Peng,...
In a letter to Chinese Peoples' Assembly head Li Peng, Parliamentary Speaker of Poland Marek Borowski appealed to China to halt the execution of Tenzin Delk, one of two Tibetan monks sentenced to die for plotting bomb attacks in protest against Chinese ru
- JANUARY 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five men were sentenced to death for kidnapping and...
Five men were sentenced to death for kidnapping and murdering a 13-year-old girl in Henan province
- JANUARY 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Poland condemned the execution of a Tibetan convicted...
Poland condemned the execution of a Tibetan convicted of a series of bomb blasts
- JANUARY 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese government defended its execution of a...
The Chinese government defended its execution of a Tibetan convicted of a series of bomb blasts and its rejection of the appeal of a monk sentenced to death in connection with the same case
- JANUARY 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch condemned China's execution of a...
Human Rights Watch condemned China's execution of a Tibetan convicted of a series of bomb blasts, saying the trial lacked due process and the sentence was carried out too swiftly
- JANUARY 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Tibetan government-in-exile and rights groups condemned...
The Tibetan government-in-exile and rights groups condemned China's execution of a Tibetan activist convicted of a series of bomb blasts, saying he was not given a fair trial
- JANUARY 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The United States raised concern regarding the execution...
The United States raised concern regarding the execution of Lobsang Dhondup, a Tibetan activist convicted following a string of bomb blasts in southwestern China
- JANUARY 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Police in western China executed a Tibetan activist...
Police in western China executed a Tibetan activist for a string of bomb attacks in support of Tibetan independence, despite an international outcry over the fairness of his trial, the MISNA news agency website reported
- JANUARY 23, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liao Shaohui and Liao Shaowu, brothers from Guangdong...
Liao Shaohui and Liao Shaowu, brothers from Guangdong Province, were sentenced to death, deprived of political rights and had their property confiscated by the Second Intermediary People's Court of Beijing for falsely issuing value added tax invoices wort
- JANUARY 22, 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 Law professor He Jiahong of the People's University in Bei
- JANUARY 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
North Koreans arrested by China while trying to escape...
North Koreans arrested by China while trying to escape by boat are likely to be jailed and could face death, their supporters said as Beijing warned aid groups away from helping the refugees
- JANUARY 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Tensin Deleg Rinpoche, a Tibetan monk sentenced to...
Tensin Deleg Rinpoche, a Tibetan monk sentenced to death, with Lobsang Dhondup, after being found guilty of involvement in a spate of bomb blasts in western China, denied that he played any role in the attacks
- JANUARY 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
State media reported that 18 convicted criminals were...
State media reported that 18 convicted criminals were put to death, 11 of them by lethal injection, in an annual tradition of carrying out executions before the Lunar New Year
- JANUARY 15, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jin Yugang, 35, was sentenced to death by the High...
Jin Yugang, 35, was sentenced to death by the High Court for murdering his colleague, Mr Wang Hong, 32, in front of a coffeeshop at midnight on February 4, 2002
- JANUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China sentenced 10 people to death in two separate...
China sentenced 10 people to death in two separate cases in central and eastern China involving drug trafficking and armed robberies along highways, state media said
- JANUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six South Korean men were sentenced to death in China...
Six South Korean men were sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five convicted drug traffickers were sentenced to death...
Five convicted drug traffickers were sentenced to death by a local court in Zhejiang Province
- JANUARY 10, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Tensin Deleg Rimpoche and Lobsang...
It was reported that Tensin Deleg Rimpoche and Lobsang Dhondup, two Tibetans under death sentence for a series of bombings in western China were scheduled to begin a new trial on this day on the same charges and before the same court
- JANUARY 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people were executed immediately after a public...
Seven people were executed immediately after a public sentencing rally in the southern Chinese city of Sanya
- JANUARY 6, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for...
China is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for the greatest number of recorded executions: 17,500 between 1990 and 1999
- JANUARY 4, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The head of a failed Chinese kindergarten was executed...
The head of a failed Chinese kindergarten was executed after being convicted of poisoning 70 children at a rival school, the official Xinhua news agency said
- JANUARY 1, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In an editorial entitled "A Global Catalog of Wrongs,"...
In an editorial entitled "A Global Catalog of Wrongs," (7-04-2003) the New York Times said Beijing executed over 3,000 people in 2002, many without due process of law