China 2005
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2005
- JUNE 21, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. DEADLOCK OVER CHINA DEATH PENALTY
it was reported that a man suspected of murdering a Chinese student and leaving her body to rot for six months in a Canberra apartment could get away with the crime because Australian authorities were refusing to help the investigation, fearing he could b
- JUNE 21, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGDONG COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING
it was reported that recently, the Dongguan City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced to death Li Shaobo, a 26 year old Yunnan native;
- JUNE 17, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TRIO EXECUTED FOR KNIFE MURDER OF PARTY OFFICIAL
three men were executed in northern China for killing a Communist Party official in a random knife attack that they intended as a practice run for a planned robbery, according to state media.
- JUNE 16, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN CONVICTED OF STEALING CULTURAL RELICS HAS DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE
the Shanxi Provincial Higher People's Court, China, sentenced Zheng Xiaolin, 44, to life imprisonment overturning the Taiyuan City Intermediate People's Court decision sentencing Zheng to death in 1999 for illegally digging up ancient tombs and smuggling
- JUNE 16, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GAMBLING AWAY STATE ASSETS
it was reported that Xu Shuirong, former manager of the sales department of Yuhang District Communications Real Estate Co, China, was sentenced to death and deprived of all political rights for life after being convicted of illigally obtaining 4m yuan of
- JUNE 15, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ANOTHER “MURDER VICTIM” REAPPEARS AFTER KILLER EXECUTED
it was reported by the Yangcheng Evening News that a woman thought to have been murdered in the 1980s reappeared in China, 16 years after the man convicted of killing had been executed.
- JUNE 15, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGZHOU COURT SENTENCES TWO TAIWANESE WOMEN TO DEATH
the Guangzhou City Intermediate People's Court sentenced to death two Taiwanese women
- JUNE 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN RIGHTS ENVOY ASKS CHINA TO AID NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES
China should stop repatriating North Koreans who flee their country and give them refugee status instead, Vitit Muntarbhorn, UN special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, said.
- JUNE 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. LONGYAN COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHILD TRAFFICKING
in its initial trial, the Longyan City Intermediate People's Court, China, tried five suspects for involvement in the ‘26 February 2004’ child trafficking case, sentencing Lin Yudi, female, to death.
- JUNE 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ISRAELIS BUY CHINESE DEATH ROW ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANTS
according to the Maariv daily China had become the number one destination for Israelis desperate for a life-saving transplant donor as Chinese authorities were selling organs taken from executed prisoners.
- JUNE 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FAMILY OF FIVE
the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, China, handed a death sentence to Yang Hui, a man convicted of killing a family of five in Pudong.
- JUNE 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Dawei, 31, was executed in Xi’an, China...
Li Dawei, 31, was executed in Xi’an, China...
- JUNE 7, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHINESE INTERNET GAMER WHO KILLED RIVAL
Qiu Chengwei, an unemployed man from Shanghai, was handed a suspended death sentence for murdering a rival over the use of his "supreme weapon" during an online video game, state media reported
- JUNE 5, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. NINE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
thirteen members of a well-organized drug gang in Baise, a city in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, were sentenced to death and to life imprisonment for trafficking 36 kilograms of heroin.
- JUNE 5, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHINA TO BAN TRADE IN HUMAN ORGANS, STATE MEDIA
China planned to issue regulations banning the trade in human organs, state media quoted ice Minister of Health Huang Jiefu as.
- JUNE 3, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FORMER CITY POLICE HEAD SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
Yang Shihong, a former local Communist Party official, was convicted of corruption and sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by the Huangshi Municipal Intermediate People's Court in central China's Hubei Province.
- JUNE 1, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. REPORTER MAY FACE DEATH PENALTY
China accused Ching Cheong, a Hong Kong-based reporter for Singapore's Straits Times newspaper, of spying for foreign agencies.
- JUNE 1, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. WORLD NEWSPAPER GROUP DEMANDS RELEASE OF JOURNALIST WHO RISKS DEATH PENALTY
the World Association of Newspapers demanded the immediate release of Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong detained in China on spy charges.
- JUNE 1, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. CHINESE MAN IN FUKUOKA FAMILY MURDER APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
Wei Wei, a Chinese national, appealed a district court ruling that sentenced him to death for his part in the murder in 2003 of a family of four in Fukuoka, Japan.
- MAY 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. POLICE URGED TO STOP USING TORTURE TO MAKE PEOPLE CONFESS
China's top prosecution office urged police to stop using illegal methods such as torture to force suspects to confess, after a series of high profile miscarriages of justice.
- MAY 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MILK EXTORTION CASE
Qian Junbo was sentenced to death by the Xiangfan Intermediate Court in China’s Hubei province for poisoning milk products from the Inner Mongolian-based Mengniu Group in stores in Changsha and Wuhan cities early in 2004 and attempting to extort 200,000 y
- MAY 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGDONG COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
it was reported that recently, in its initial trial, the Maoming Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Yang Cuiyun, a 40 year old female from Yunnan, and Chen Luzong, from Maoming, to death for drug trafficking.
- MAY 24, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. HUNAN COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING, TRANSPORTATION
in its initial trial, the Loudi Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Li Muwang to death for drug transportation;
- MAY 20, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. CHINESE MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FUKUOKA FAMILY
the Fukuoka District Court sentenced Wei Wei, a Chinese man, to death for his part in the murder in 2003 of a family of four in Fukuoka.
- MAY 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ABDUCTING AND SELLING CHILDREN
five people were sentenced to death and three others were jailed after being convicted of abducting and selling 19 young boys. Li Bifang, Jiang Chengpu, Yuan Guiyuan and Liu Weibing received death sentences for abducting boys aged between two and six by t
- MAY 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
two men, Wang Junping and Zhu Yaqi, and a woman, Zhu Yaying, were executed
two men, Wang Junping and Zhu Yaqi, and a woman, Zhu Yaying, were executed
- MAY 17, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 14 WITH POISONOUS ALCOHOL
fifteen people were convicted by a local court in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, for producing and selling fake liquor that left 14 people dead.
- MAY 17, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGXI COURT SENTENCES SIX PEOPLE TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
the Beihai Court in China’s Guangxi province, sentenced Wu Zhangguang and Huang Chongming to death, sentenced four others to death with two years reprieve and a further four to life imprisonment.
- MAY 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE EXECUTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY, BOMBING
three convicted armed robbers were executed in southwest China's Chongqing municipality after engaging in a cross province crime spree that included a bombing and gun battles with police. The three were executed immediately after the Chongqing high court
- MAY 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. POLITICIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Hou Jianjun, a Chinese provincial legislator, was sentenced to death after he murdered a pedestrian in a drunken rage by running him down with his sports utility vehicle.