China 2009
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2009
AUGUST 21, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EX-MAYOR SENTENCED TO DEATH
the former mayor of Chifeng, in northern China, was sentenced to death and fined 100,000 yuan for taking bribes from developers.
- AUGUST 18, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FOUR MEN EXECUTED FOR DEADLY ROBBERY OF POLICE FINES CASH
four men were executed for murder, a court in east China's Anhui Province said.
- AUGUST 17, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA : MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR FRAUD UPHELD
a court in eastern China upheld the death sentence handed to an entrepreneur convicted of embezzling 970 million yuan (S$206 million) in a deer-breeding scam, state media said.
- AUGUST 17, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH, JAIL TERMS FOR PONZI 'CAB' SWINDLERS
a gang leader who swindled people in a Ponzi scheme linked to nonexistent taxicab investments was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in China.
- AUGUST 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPING 24 MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS
Wu Tianxi, 63, the former vice chairman of the Zhenping county committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was executed in Nanyang, in China’s Henan province.
- AUGUST 14, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CENTRAL CHINA COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPT OFFICIALS
the Higher People's Court of Hunan Province in China rejected the appeals of two men against their death sentences, local officials said. Li Dalun, 59, former secretary of Communist Party of China (CPC) Chenzhou Municipal Committee, was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO IMPROVE EVIDENCE IN DEATH PENALTY CASES: STATE MEDIA
China is to introduce tighter rules governing prosecution evidence in death penalty cases, state media said.
AUGUST 7, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER BEIJING AIRPORT BOSS EXECUTED
the former head of Beijing airport's management company was executed in China for
- AUGUST 5, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO EXECUTED FOR DEFRAUDING PUBLIC OF HUGE AMOUNTS
two people were executed for fraud after China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) approved their sentences. The Intermediate People's Court of Hangzhou in southeast Zhejiang Province sentenced Si Chaxian to death.
- JULY 31, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA'S TOP COURT APPROVES COUNTERFEITERS' DEATH PENALTIES
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) approved the death penalties for two men forging a "huge amount" of fake money in 2004 to 2005.
- JULY 29, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA MOVES TO REDUCE NUMBER OF EXECUTIONS
China is to reduce the number of people it executes to "an extremely small number", a top court official says.
- JULY 29, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY WILL BE USED MORE SPARINGLY: CHINA COURT
China's highest court urged that the death penalty be used less and for only the most serious criminal cases
JULY 28, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: THREE EXECUTED FOR MULTIPLE MURDERS
Japan hanged three inmates convicted of multiple murders including a Chinese national
- JULY 23, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR DRINK DRIVING DEATHS
a court in southwest China handed the death penalty to an unlicensed drunk driver who killed four people in Chengdu on December 14, 2008.
- JULY 18, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE GOVERNMENT EXECUTES 196 UIGHURS
a Chinese court sentenced 196 Uighurs to death, accusing them in participation in the unrests, APA reported, quoting Kanal D.
- JULY 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY FOR SINOPEC EX-CHIEF
the former head of Chinese oil giant Sinopec, Chen Tonghai, 60, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in a corruption case involving millions of dollars, Chinese state press reported.
- JULY 14, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH WITH TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE
a man in China who seriously injured his girlfriend and killed her friend after he suspected they were having an affair was sentenced to death with a reprieve of two years.
- JULY 8, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH PENALTY THREATENED FOR XINJIANG RIOTERS
Li Zhi, the Communist party secretary in Urumqi, China, said "to people suspected of
- JULY 6, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON FORMER CHINESE AIRPORT CHIEF
a higher court in east China's Shandong Province upheld an earlier death penalty for the former chief of the Capital Airports Holding Company (CAH) for bribery and embezzlement.
- JUNE 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FOUR MORE TRAFFICKERS EXECUTED ON INTERNATIONAL ANTI-DRUG DAY
China executed four men for drug trafficking on annual international anti-drug day, in
- JUNE 25, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
2 EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING FROM MYANMAR IN CHINA
in China, the Liaoning Provincial Supreme People's Court announced that two men convicted of heading a gang that smuggled drugs from Myanmar into China were executed in May.
JUNE 25, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 8 EXECUTED IN ANTI-DRUG BATTLE
eight people sentenced to death for drug production and trafficking were executed in China.
- JUNE 23, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: NIGERIAN GETS DEATH IN SOUTH CHINA
four people convicted of drug trafficking were sentenced to death by the Dongguan Intermediate People's Court in south China's Guangdong Province
JUNE 16, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: BEIJING TO ADOPT LETHAL INJECTION
criminals sentenced to death in Beijing, China, are to be killed by lethal injection, not by
- JUNE 4, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH FOR DRUG DEALING
a man was sentenced to death with a two year reprieve by the Shanghai Railway Transport Intermediate People's Court in China. During the trial, prosecutors and defence lawyers discussed their opinions on sentencing with the judge, the first time the railw
- JUNE 4, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA COMMUTE WOMAN’S DEATH SENTENCE, PLEADS ZUJ
the Zambia Union of Journalists appealed to the Chinese Government through its embassy in Lusaka to commute the death sentence of Mary Musiyalike, a Zambian woman convicted for drug trafficking.
- JUNE 2, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GOVT TRYING TO SAVE WOMAN FROM CHINESE FIRING SQUAD
Zambian government spokesperson Ronnie Shikapwasha said the government intervened in the case where a Zambian woman was sentenced to death by firing squad in China.
- JUNE 1, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL
a tourism official in southwest China's Sichuan Province is appealing to a higher court after being sentenced to death for drug trafficking, Life News reported.
JUNE 1, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: KENYANS RECEIVE DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
authorities in China sentenced five Kenyan nationals to death after they were convicted
- MAY 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: BRITON TO APPEAL DEATH SENTENCE
a British citizen sentenced to death for drugs trafficking in China is to plead his case at an appeal court.