China 2010
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2010
- FEBRUARY 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: HENAN PROVINCIAL POLITICAL ADVISOR GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE
Sun Shanwu, former vice chairman of the CPPCC Henan Provincial Committee in China, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve.
FEBRUARY 8, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO SUSPENDED DEATH FOR BRIBERY, FRAMING UP INFORMANT
a former local official in east China's Anhui Province was sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 5, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHINESE GANG LEADERS
a court in Chongqing, China, sentenced Chen Mingliang...
FEBRUARY 4, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 25 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KIDNAPPING
Chinese state media say 25 people have been sentenced to death for their roles in nine kidnapping cases.
FEBRUARY 1, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 3 MURDERS, OTHER CRIMES
in China, Chongqing No.5 Intermediate People's Court sentenced former police director of Nanbin Road
- JANUARY 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: LETHAL EXECUTION OFFICERS READY
lethal injection is set to replace shooting as the main technique for the death penalty in Beijing, China. Executioners from Beijing's Intermediate People's Court have now finished their training, the Beijing Youth Daily reported.
JANUARY 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FOUR MORE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR URUMQI RIOT
A Chinese court sentenced four more people to death for their part in bloody ethnic rioting in July last year
- JANUARY 21, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jiang Yongsheng was executed in Chiana for multiple rape.
Jiang Yongsheng was executed in Chiana for multiple rape.
- JANUARY 20, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Gao Hualiang, an explosive maker, was sentenced to death in China
Gao Hualiang, an explosive maker, was sentenced to death in China
- JANUARY 19, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO GANG LEADERS EXECUTED
two criminal gang leaders were executed by Chongqing No.1 Intermediate People's Court. Yang Tianqing and Liu Chenghu allegedly committed crimes including murder and racketeering.
- JANUARY 15, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER MOUTAI GENERAL MANAGER GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE WITH REPRIEVE
Qiao Hong, 56, former Moutai general manager, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption and taking bribes in China.
- JANUARY 14, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE GAY GETS DEATH FOR KILLING GERMAN PARTNER
an unidentified gay Chinese hotel worker, 21, from the southwestern Sichuan Province was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by the Intermediate People's Court in Zhongshan City, in south China's Guangdong Province.
- JANUARY 13, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO ORGANISED CRIME GANG MEMBERS EXECUTED IN CHINA
two members of an organised crime gang in central China's Hubei Province were executed after the Supreme People's Court (SPC) approved their death sentences on December 23, 2009.
- JANUARY 7, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SEVEN EXECUTED FOR GANG CRIMES
seven men were executed by the by the Shijiazhuang Municipal Intermediate People's
- JANUARY 6, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TEN IRANIAN CITIZENS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA
ten Iranian citizens were sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs and will be executed over next days, the website of Iranian television reported.
- JANUARY 3, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTHEAST CHINA GANG TRIAL
three people were sentenced to death for gang-related crimes by the Zhangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court in southeast China's Fujian Province.
- JANUARY 1, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997
A revised Criminal Procedure Law came into force in January 1997