China 2004
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2004
- MAY 28, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution...
"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution to the issue of the Bulgarian nurses sentenced in Libya," Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), told Bulgarian National Assembly Chairman Ogny
- MAY 28, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Sanqin Dushi Bao (Sanqin Daily) newspaper reported that...
the Sanqin Dushi Bao (Sanqin Daily) newspaper reported that...
- MAY 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in its initial trial, the Anshan Intermediate People's Court in Liaoning Province...
in its initial trial, the Anshan Intermediate People's Court in Liaoning Province...
- MAY 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in its initial trial, the Shantou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province...
in its initial trial, the Shantou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province...
- MAY 26, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's rights record has made little progress in the...
China's rights record has made little progress in the past year and has worsened in areas such as the treatment of ethnic minorities, Amnesty International said
- MAY 26, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in its initial trial, the Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province...
in its initial trial, the Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province...
- MAY 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Luo Jinqiao and Luo Guosheng, two members of a criminal...
Luo Jinqiao and Luo Guosheng, two members of a criminal gang, were sentenced to death in Changsha, in China's Hunan Province
- MAY 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in its initial trial, the Changsha Intermediate People's Court in Hunan Province...
in its initial trial, the Changsha Intermediate People's Court in Hunan Province...
- MAY 17, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 14, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Baoji Intermediate People's Court in Shaanxi Province,...
The Baoji Intermediate People's Court in Shaanxi Province, China, sentenced Zhao Shouyi and Wang Rangke to death; Chen Baoping to 15 years imprisonment; and Zhang Haixue to 10 years imprisonment for murder, the Xibu Fazhi Bao newspaper reported
- MAY 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Major General Liu Guangzhi, commandant of China's Air...
Major General Liu Guangzhi, commandant of China's Air Force Command Academy, and another academy officer were sentenced to death on charges of spying for rival Taiwan
- MAY 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in central China's Henan province sentenced...
A court in central China's Henan province sentenced to death a woman convicted of buying and selling 13 children in a case linked to a nationwide network of baby trafficking, state press said
- MAY 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Meizhou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province...
the Meizhou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province...
- MAY 11, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhou Wenling to death for a murder he committed in Nanjing in 1994
- MAY 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced to death Lu Wangli for taking...
A Chinese court sentenced to death Lu Wangli for taking 26 million yuan (3
- MAY 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese government systematically hunts down starving...
The Chinese government systematically hunts down starving North Korean refugees and sends them home to face detention in prison camps and possible execution, said Jean Ziegler, the United Nation's special rapporteur on the right to food
- MAY 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In its initial trial, the Kunming Intermediate People's...
In its initial trial, the Kunming Intermediate People's Court in Yunnan Province, China, sentenced Tan Minglin, to death and confiscation of all personal assets for smuggling, trafficking, and transporting drugs
- MAY 7, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On occasion of the visit to Italy of Chinese Prime...
On occasion of the visit to Italy of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jibao, the Italian government and the Italian economists seemed positively impressed solely by the figures associated with Chinese development
- MAY 5, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Canada's parliament launched a wide-ranging probe into...
Canada's parliament launched a wide-ranging probe into China's human rights record, with damning evidence of the treatment meted out to Tibetans by Beijing
- MAY 5, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court in Yunnan province, Southwest China,...
A Chinese court in Yunnan province, Southwest China, pronounced null and void the death penalty handed down to Russian citizen Yelena Timchenko who was arrested at Kunming airport for carrying more than one kilogram of heroin in 2001
- APRIL 30, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six were sentenced to death in Beijing for collectively...
Six were sentenced to death in Beijing for collectively killing six prostitutes after having sex with them
- APRIL 30, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Huang Jianhu was sentenced to death in Taiyuan, in...
Huang Jianhu was sentenced to death in Taiyuan, in northern China's Shanxi province, for premeditated murder, rape and armed robbery after he was convicted of killing 12 prostitutes between 1997 and 2003
- APRIL 29, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Taichung High Court, China, sentenced ship captain...
The Taichung High Court, China, sentenced ship captain Wang Chung-hsing to death and a crewman Ke Ching-sung to life imprisonment for manslaughter after seven women from the Chinese mainland drowned after being thrown overboard
- APRIL 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cracking down on rat poison that had been used for...
Cracking down on rat poison that had been used for mass murder, a court in China's Henan province issued a suspended death sentence to Fan Yuemin for making and selling the toxin
- APRIL 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ma Jiajue was sentenced to death deprived of his political...
Ma Jiajue was sentenced to death deprived of his political rights for life by the Kunming Intermediate People's Court, in southwest China's Yunnan Province, after he was convicted of killing four fellow students
- APRIL 23, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Falun Gong members sued Chinese Commerce Minister Bo...
Falun Gong members sued Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai in US federal court for acts of genocide and torture which they said he carried out against them while a provincial governor
- APRIL 21, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
China voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 17, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Tibetan activists expressed dismay after the UN Human...
Tibetan activists expressed dismay after the UN Human Rights Commission threw out a US-sponsored resolution condemning China, saying the rights situation remained poor in Tibet
- APRIL 16, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yu Zhendong, a man accused of the biggest embezzlement...
Yu Zhendong, a man accused of the biggest embezzlement in recent Chinese history, was extradited from Las Vegas to Beijing
- APRIL 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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