China 2009
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News on China in 2009
NOVEMBER 24, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO EXECUTED OVER TAINTED MILK SCANDAL
two people were executed in China for their involvement in the country's contaminated milk scandal, in which at least six infants died and more than 300,000 became ill.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR TIBETAN FOR SEPARATISM
a Tibetan was handed a suspended death sentence by the intermediate people’s Court of Nyarong (Chinese: Xinlong) County in China, said Dharamsala-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy.
NOVEMBER 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER DEATH ROW DUO AWARDED COMPENSATION
two wrongly condemned death row inmates were granted state compensation in China after they were
NOVEMBER 9, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: NINE EXECUTED OVER XINJIANG RIOTS
Chinese authorities have executed nine people who had been convicted over riots in the Xinjiang region in July, Chinese officials have said.
- NOVEMBER 5, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GANG LEADER EXECUTED IN CHINA
a former gang leader was executed in northern China after being convicted of murder, kidnapping, and extortion, state media reported.
- NOVEMBER 5, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GANG LEADER EXECUTED IN CHINA
in Yushu city in China’s northeastern province of Jilin, Yushu's former deputy mayor Xu Fengshan was sentenced to death with a reprieve of two years for taking more than 20 million yuan in bribes and harbouring criminal organisations.
- NOVEMBER 4, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
BEIJING TO ADOPT LETHAL INJECTION FOR ALL DEATH PENALTY CRIMINALS NEXT YEAR
Beijing will adopt lethal injection next year for all death row inmates, and a lethal injection room has already
OCTOBER 30, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: NINE DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD IN XINJIANG
an appeals court in western China upheld the death sentences of 9 people convicted of murder and other
- OCTOBER 28, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH PENALTY SUSTAINED IN FATAL FACTORY BRAWL
a court in south China upheld the death sentences of a man involved in a toy factory brawl that left two Uygur workers dead on June 26.
OCTOBER 27, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF EXECUTION OF TIBETANS IN LHASA
Two people have been executed in China for their involvement in deadly riots in Tibet last year, the Chinese
- OCTOBER 20, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Fu Chengli, 23, was sentenced to death with a two year reprieve...
Fu Chengli, 23, was sentenced to death with a two year reprieve...
OCTOBER 20, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: NINE UIGHURS EXECUTED
exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer said she had learnt that "out of the 11 Uighurs who were sentenced to
OCTOBER 20, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FOUR TIBETANS EXECUTED IN LHASA OVER 2008 UNREST
as many as four Tibetans were executed for their alleged involvement in the 2008 anti-China unrest in the
OCTOBER 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SIX MORE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER CLASHES IN XINJIANG
China sentenced six more people to death over bloody ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region in July, bringing the total to 12.
- OCTOBER 13, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA REVIEWS BRITON'S DEATH SENTENCE
Beijing confirmed the Supreme People’s Court was reviewing the death sentence handed down in Xinjiang to a British citizen for drug trafficking. Akmal Shaikh, 53, was found carrying 4kg of heroin in a suitcase at Urumqi airport on September 12, 2007.
OCTOBER 13, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR TRAFFICKING 48 KG OF DRUGS
Lu Fuguo was executed for drug trafficking in south China's Guangdong Province, the Dongguan Municipal
OCTOBER 12, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SIX GET DEATH PENALTY ON XINJIANG RIOTS
a court in western China's Xinjiang region sentenced six people to death in the first trials over July riots that left nearly 200 people dead, state-run television reported.
- OCTOBER 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
BRITISH MAN FACING DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD IN CHINA AFTER 'LOSING SECOND APPEAL'
a British man believed to suffering from mental illness lost a second appeal against a drug trafficking conviction in China.
- OCTOBER 10, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE IN CHINA FACTORY BRAWL
a Huandong Chinese court sentenced to death a man from the Han Chinese majority ethnic group for his role in a race brawl that sparked July's mass riots in China’s Xinjiang region.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER SWINDLES
an official in central China's Hunan Province was sentenced to death by the Chenzhou Intermediate People's Court for embezzling more than 100 million yuan.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 10
the higher people's court in north China's Hebei Province upheld a ruling sentencing 10 members in a
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FOUR DRUG MAKERS EXECUTED
China executed four men for drug production, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: HENAN'S FIRST DRUNK-DRIVING DEATH SENTENCE HANDED OUT
a drunk driver who killed eight and injured three in two fatal accidents in Huaxian, in China’s Henan province, was sentenced to death by the People's court of Huaxian for jeopardising public safety.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DRUNK DRIVERS FACE MAXIMUM DEATH SENTENCE
drunk drivers caught in Shanghai will face a minimum 15 days in detention and a maximum death penalty, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau announced.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA REVERSES DEATH PENALTY IN DRUNK DRIVING CASE
the Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Appeals Court commuted the death penalty in a drunk driving case to life imprisonment, China Central Television reported
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: NEEDLE ATTACKERS FACE DEATH PENALTY
a notice from a western Chinese municipal court warned that anybody convicted of attacks with hypodermic needles containing harmful substances or contaminated by drugs would face penalties from three years in prison to the death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: 4 FILIPINO DRUG MULES FACE DEATH SENTENCES IN CHINA
a Philippine diplomat said four nationals were on death row in China for drug offences.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
Sun Weiming, 30, appealed to the Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court in China after being sentenced to death in July by the Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu City, the province's capital.
AUGUST 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EXECUTED PRISONERS ARE MAIN SOURCE OF ORGAN DONATIONS
two-thirds of organ donors in China are executed prisoners, state media reported, as health officials
AUGUST 24, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MORE NE CITIES TO ADOPT LETHAL INJECTION
All 14 cities in northeast China's Liaoning Province are expected to have adopted the lethal injection as the