China 2004
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2004
- MARCH 8, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Gao Pan was executed for a crime committed in 2001, possibly before he was 18 years old.
Gao Pan was executed for a crime committed in 2001, possibly before he was 18 years old.
- MARCH 5, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xu Ming, Luo Shoujun, Cao Zhenjun, three members of...
Xu Ming, Luo Shoujun, Cao Zhenjun, three members of a mafia-like gang, were sentenced to death by an intermediate court in Dalian city, Liaoning province in northeastern China, for theft, assault and kidnapping
- MARCH 3, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lin Qimu and Xia Yuechang were executed in China for causing an explosion.
Lin Qimu and Xia Yuechang were executed in China for causing an explosion.
- MARCH 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With approval from the Supreme People's Court of China,...
With approval from the Supreme People's Court of China, brothers Liao Shaohui and Liao Shaowu, both in their thirties, were executed after being convicted of forging value-added invoices
- MARCH 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Beijing court sentenced taxi driver Li Pingping to...
A Beijing court sentenced taxi driver Li Pingping to death for killing seven people, three of which he dismembered, and sentenced his wife to 15 years in prison for serving as his accomplice and harbouring loot
- MARCH 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in March 2004 Xinjiang's chairman Ismail Tiliwaldi asserted the campaign had improved security...
in March 2004 Xinjiang's chairman Ismail Tiliwaldi asserted the campaign had improved security...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese authorities reprimanded the United States for...
Chinese authorities reprimanded the United States for what it called "double standards" on human rights, after the US State Department accused China of "backsliding on key human rights issues
- FEBRUARY 25, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The United States accused China's communist leaders...
The United States accused China's communist leaders of backsliding on their human rights record as arrests of democracy activists and extrajudicial killings continued apace during 2003
- FEBRUARY 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Harbin in China's Heilongjiang Province...
A court in Harbin in China's Heilongjiang Province sentenced Sun Weimin, Chen Bo, Du Jun and Li Luhe to death, with a two years probation, in a major drug-trafficking case involving 94 tons of caffeine
- FEBRUARY 20, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wan Ruizhong, was executed in Nanning, the capital...
Wan Ruizhong, was executed in Nanning, the capital of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, for bribery and abuse of power
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China rejected Japan's call to reduce the penalty for...
China rejected Japan's call to reduce the penalty for a Japanese national sentenced to death for drug smuggling
- FEBRUARY 17, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven criminals convicted for murder and robbery were...
Seven criminals convicted for murder and robbery were put to death in Beijing immediately following execution orders issued by the Beijing high court
- FEBRUARY 14, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was learned that a Japanese man in his 60s was sentenced...
It was learned that a Japanese man in his 60s was sentenced to death at a district court in Shenyang, north-eastern China, earlier in the month, on charges of trying to smuggle drugs to Japan
- FEBRUARY 14, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
According to the Xinhua news agency, the Yueyang Intermediate...
According to the Xinhua news agency, the Yueyang Intermediate People's Court in Hunan province, central China, "recently" sentenced to death Xu Guohua, a farmer convicted of poisoning 161 children at the school where he was employed
- FEBRUARY 14, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed Yang Xinhai, one of its worst serial...
China executed Yang Xinhai, one of its worst serial killers in recent history, who reportedly murdered 67 people in the course of a three-year spree, local media said
- FEBRUARY 12, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Wiesenthal Center, a US-based human rights organization,...
The Wiesenthal Center, a US-based human rights organization, urged the Chinese government not to return a North Korean refugee, who claimed to have witnessed the use of gas chambers in the country
- FEBRUARY 12, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Huaizhong, former vice-governor of east China's...
Wang Huaizhong, former vice-governor of east China's Anhui Province, was executed in Jinan after losing an appeal for a lighter penalty in January at the Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China rejected criticism of its treatment of Tenzin...
China rejected criticism of its treatment of Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, who was convicted in a fatal bombing, saying he was prosecuted according to the law
- FEBRUARY 5, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China defended its practice of not releasing statistics...
China defended its practice of not releasing statistics on the number of people it executed each year, while insisting that it had become more open and transparent over the years
- FEBRUARY 4, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangzhou Ribao newspaper reported that the Nanchang...
The Guangzhou Ribao newspaper reported that the Nanchang Intermediate People's Court in Jiangxi Province, China, sentenced Jiang Heping, 51, chairman of the Jiangxi Paper Group Co, to death with two years reprieve for accepting bribes and possessing huge
- FEBRUARY 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Luohe City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced...
Luohe City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Yang Xinhai, 38, for killing 67 people and raping 23 women since 1999 in Henan, Shandong, Anhui and Hebei provinces
- FEBRUARY 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Sichuan Higher People's Court,...
It was reported that the Sichuan Higher People's Court, China, confirmed the death sentence for Xiao Hongbo, a low-level bank officer who embezzled 4
- JANUARY 29, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court, the Philippines,...
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, sentenced eight men, including two Chinese, to death by lethal injection for abducting four Chinese children six years ago
- JANUARY 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of French MPs led a protest against human rights...
Dozens of French MPs led a protest against human rights in China by boycotting the Chinese president's address to the French parliament
- JANUARY 23, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling that...
The Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced Xue Song, a 30 year old Chinese national, to death for murdering a Chinese woman and her husband after the woman had rejected his advances
- JANUARY 19, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The traditional upsurge in executions ahead of the...
The traditional upsurge in executions ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday gathered pace with 15 more people reported to have been put to death, bringing to at least 31 the number executed in a period of a week, AFP reported
- JANUARY 18, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese government is planning to implement judicial...
The Chinese government is planning to implement judicial reforms that could sharply reduce its use of the death penalty
- JANUARY 18, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shenzhen Intermediate Court in China's Guangdong...
The Shenzhen Intermediate Court in China's Guangdong Province sentenced Yang Gaiqing, President of Shenzhen Huiwei Industry and Trade Limited Company, to death for smuggling and tax evasion
- JANUARY 17, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people described as criminal gang leaders were...
Seven people described as criminal gang leaders were sentenced to death by a court in north China's Taiyuan city and executed