China 2008
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2008
- OCTOBER 30, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER BEIJING COURT PRESIDENT GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRIBERY
a former Beijing court president was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in China for bribery and embezzlement.
- OCTOBER 28, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in China, former Beijing vice mayor Liu Zhihua lodged...
in China, former Beijing vice mayor Liu Zhihua lodged an appeal against his death sentence with a two-year reprieve after
- OCTOBER 28, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the National People's Congress ratified the extradition treaty with Portugal.
the National People's Congress ratified the extradition treaty with Portugal.
- OCTOBER 27, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH FOR COUPLE FOR KILLING LOVE RIVAL
in China, a Shanghai court sentenced a man to death for killing the ex-husband of his lover. The convict, identified as Wang, was also charged with dismembering the victim's body and dumping the head along the railway tracks between Shanghai and Jiangsu P
- OCTOBER 23, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE VICE MAYOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TAKING BRIBES
the former vice mayor of a city in eastern China was sentenced to death for taking more than 100 million
- OCTOBER 23, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTH CHINA
the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court in southern China convicted Awor Ocer Lucy...
- OCTOBER 23, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: OLYMPICS CONSTRUCTION BOSS APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
a former vice mayor of Beijing, China, in charge of Olympic construction, appealed against a suspended death sentence for talking millions of yuan in bribes, a Hong Kong-based rights group said.
- OCTOBER 23, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE POLICEMAN EXECUTED FOR BRUTAL KILLING
a policeman in central China's Henan Province was executed for killing a man by throwing him from the third storey of a police office building
- OCTOBER 20, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR POLICE KILLER
in China, a Shanghai court upheld the death penalty for Yang Jia, a jobless Beijing man who stormed into a Shanghai police bureau earlier this year and killed six officers
- OCTOBER 20, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY FOR SERIAL RAPE IN BEIJING
an unemployed man from northwest China was given a death penalty with a reprieve of two years after being found guilty of crimes including several rapes.
- OCTOBER 19, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FORMER BEIJING VICE MAYOR GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY FOR BRIBERY
Beijing's former vice mayor Liu Zhihua was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes,
- OCTOBER 15, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN AND EX-WIFE CONVICTED OF MURDER
a man in China was sentenced to death and his ex-wife handed a 15-year jail term for kidnapping and murdering a Taiwanese man, Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People's Court said.
- OCTOBER 13, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN STANDS SECOND TRIAL, APPEALS DEATH PENALTY
Yang Jia, a jobless Beijing man who intruded into a Shanghai police bureau in China and allegedly killed six officers, stood on the second trial here...
- OCTOBER 13, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
IN CHINA, A RARE PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF A DEATH ROW INMATE
Protesters staged a rare demonstration outside a Shanghai court in China in support of a jobless man who was appealing against his conviction for murdering six police officers.
- OCTOBER 11, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA, POISONED MILK: DEATH PENALTY FOR THOSE WHO BREAK THE LAW
the death penalty for those who violate food laws: this is the provision of a new Chinese law announced by the state council.
- OCTOBER 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA LABOR OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a labor and social security official was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve at the first trial for taking bribes and embezzling public funds in east China's Jiangxi Province.
- OCTOBER 9, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Tokyo High Court in Japan upheld a lower court death sentence...
the Tokyo High Court in Japan upheld a lower court death sentence...
- OCTOBER 1, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. CHINESE WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COUNTERFEITING
a court in southern Vietnam sentenced a Chinese woman to death for circulating large amounts of counterfeit Vietnamese currency, the presiding judge said.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE ETHNIC AFFAIRS OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CORRUPTION
Du Maoji, former deputy director of the general office of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission (SEAC), was recently sentenced to death for corruption with a two-year reprieve at the first trial
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TAXI DRIVER MURDER
a father was sentenced to death and his son to life imprisonment for killing a female taxi driver and then dismembering her body in the course of a robbery.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA COURT UPHOLDS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE OF FORMER BROKERAGE EXECUTIVE
the Higher People's Court in south China's Hainan Province upheld the suspended death sentence against a former executive of a trust and investment company who pocketed a large amount of money from public funds, a court spokesman said.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA POLICE KILLER APPEALS AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Yang Jia, the jobless Beijing man who intruded into Shanghai police bureau and killed six officers, has appealed against the death penalty handed down earlier by a Shanghai court.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TEACHER EXECUTED FOR BRUTAL RAPE
a teacher was executed for raping or molesting 39 female primary school pupils in northwestern Gansu Province, China.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: EX-CONVICTS GET DEATH PENALTY FOR RUNNING MAFIA-STYLE CRIME RING
two brothers from a south Chinese city were given the death penalty for crimes including operating an organized crime ring and causing two deaths.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE ARMY OFFICER EXECUTED FOR SPYING
a Chinese People's Liberation Army (P.L.A) officer was executed after a military court found him guilty of selling classified documents to Taiwan, a Hong Kong newspaper reported
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN EXECUTED AFTER STABBING ATTACK
a man was executed for killing two students at a school in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Abduhalik Muzht, 39, was found guilty of fatally cutting two children with a knife in December 2006.
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a Chinese court sentenced a 28-year-old man to death for killing six policemen
a Chinese court sentenced a 28-year-old man to death for killing six policemen
- AUGUST 28, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the head of a gang in China that smuggled 2 billion yuan ($292 million) worth of cigarettes
the head of a gang in China that smuggled 2 billion yuan ($292 million) worth of cigarettes
- AUGUST 27, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CORRUPTION
the former Party secretary of Wenchang City in Hainan Province, China, was sentenced to death for accepting bribes and possessing a large amount of property of unknown origin
- AUGUST 22, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: AIRLINE OFFICIALS PUNISHED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
Chen Liming, 59, a former top official at Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines Group, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for embezzling a total of 1.5 billion yuan ($220 million).