China 2010
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2010
- APRIL 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 20YO MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR ROBBING AND KILLING PROSTITUTE IN XIAMEN
a 20-year-old Jiangxi migrant worker at a construction site, surnamed Yu, was sentenced to death by the Xiamen Intermediate People's Court in China for robbing and murdering prostitute Ah Zhu.
- APRIL 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG LORDS USING AIDS PATIENTS
two leaders of a gang in north China's Henan Province were sentenced to death for drug smuggling using AIDS patients.
- APRIL 20, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR CHILD MURDERS
the provincial high court in China's Fujian province upheld the death sentence against former doctor Zheng Minsheng for stabbing eight children to death outside their school on March 23, 2010, in a fit of rage after splitting up with his girlfriend.
APRIL 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: WOMAN GETS DEATH FOR CHILD TRAFFICKING
A court in central China's Hubei Province sentenced a woman to death and another two
- APRIL 15, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER BANKER GETS DEATH SENTENCE WITH REPRIEVE FOR GRAFT
Wang Yi, 54, former vice president of the China Development Bank...
- APRIL 14, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH PENALTY FOR FORMER POLICE CHIEF
former police chief Wen Qiang, 55,was sentenced to death in China for taking bribes
- APRIL 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH AFRICAN WOMAN GETS DEATH PENALTY IN CHINA FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
a court in China upheld the death sentence awarded to South African woman Janice Bronwyn Linden, 35, for smuggling drugs into the country, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
APRIL 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THREE JAPANESE EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
the Chinese Supreme People's Court announced that Japanese nationals Teruo Takeda, 67, Hironori Ukai
- APRIL 6, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES JAPANESE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
China executed Japanese man Mitsunobu Akano in Liaoning province for drug smuggling, the Supreme People's Court announced.
- APRIL 2, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: THREE JAPANESE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH
China informed Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada that it will execute Japanese nationals Teruo Takeda, 67, Hironori Ukai, 48, and Katsuo Mori, 67, for drug-smuggling
- APRIL 2, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR ADOPTIVE-MUM MURDER
in China, the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court handed Mao Xingguo...
- APRIL 1, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed five persons for drug-related crimes.
China executed five persons for drug-related crimes.
- MARCH 30, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO EXECUTE JAPANESE MAN FOR SMUGGLING STIMULANTS POSSIBLY MONDAY
China told Japan that Beijing will execute, as early as next Monday, a Japanese man, Japanese government sources said.
- MARCH 29, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY URGES CHINA TO DISCLOSE EXECUTION FIGURES
Rights group Amnesty International urged China to disclose the number of prisoners it executes.
- MARCH 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MOUTAI EX-BOSS UPHELD
the Higher People's Court in southwest China's Guizhou province upheld a suspended death sentence with a two year reprieve for Qiao Hong, former liquor maker Kweichow Moutai general manager.
- MARCH 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR EMBEZZLING PUBLIC FUNDS
government official Li Shubiao, 46, was executed for corruption and embezzlement in central China's Hunan province.
- MARCH 25, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO EXECUTED IN KIDNAPPING CRACKDOWN
in southern China, the Intermediate People's Court of Shenzhen announced that Xu
- MARCH 17, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UMI'S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE TERM
China commuted the death sentence of Malaysian national Umi Azlim Mohamad Lazim, 26, to life imprisonment.
- MARCH 17, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO EXECUTED FOR SERIAL KILLINGS
in China, Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court official Yao Lan said two men were sentenced to death and executed.
- MARCH 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WIFE, MUTILATING BODY
Li Jia, 41, from Beijing, was executed in China for murdering his ex-wife Ren Liwen in March 2008.
- MARCH 12, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH 2-YEAR REPRIEVE IN EAST CHINA
Bengbu Municipal Intermediate People's Court in east China's Anhui Province sentenced government official Wang Haifeng, 56, to death with a 2-year reprieve for taking bribes of over 15 million yuan between 1997 and 2008.
MARCH 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: NIGERIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG DEALING
A Nigerian man received the death penalty in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China,
- MARCH 7, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 198 CONVICTED FOR UNREST IN XINJIANG
China has so far convicted 198 people for involvement in deadly ethnic violence last July in
- MARCH 4, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese man Huang Haiyong (alias Wong Ho Wing) is facing extradition
Chinese man Huang Haiyong (alias Wong Ho Wing) is facing extradition
- FEBRUARY 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH ON HUNGER STRIKE
three people sentenced to death have been on hunger strike since February 23 in Jiangxi, China.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING 13
a Chinese man was sentenced to death for murdering 13 people, robbery and rape between May 1996 and January 2005.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: GANG LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
mob boss Yue Ning was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for organising criminal gangs and prostitution rackets in southwest China's Chongqing City between 1998 and 2009.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EIGHT GET DEATH IN CHONGQING MOB TRIAL
the Chongqing Municipal No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in China sentenced two people to death and six to death with a two-year reprieve for organised crime.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SEVEN GET DEATH PENALTY FOR TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN IN E CHINA
SEVEN GET DEATH PENALTY FOR TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN IN E CHINA February 10, 2010: the Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court in east China's Zhejiang Province sentenced three gang leaders to death for trafficking of women, rape and robbery, while four gang me
- FEBRUARY 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA ISSUES GUIDELINES TO LIMIT DEATH PENALTY USE
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) said it had issued guidelines for courts nationwide to handle criminal cases with a policy of "justice tempered with mercy," stressing that death penalty use be limited.