China 2011
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2011
- DECEMBER 30, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
an undergraduate has been sentenced to death for killing
an undergraduate has been sentenced to death for killing
- DECEMBER 30, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Chongqing No.1 Intermediate Court, in China
the Chongqing No.1 Intermediate Court, in China
- DECEMBER 30, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Bai Zhiming, former deputy secretary-general of the CPC's Inner Mongolia
Bai Zhiming, former deputy secretary-general of the CPC's Inner Mongolia
- DECEMBER 29, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in the southern city of Shenzhen, in China
a court in the southern city of Shenzhen, in China
DECEMBER 29, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 12 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN SINGLE DAY
China has executed 12 people in a single day, including a man who bombed a local tax office
- DECEMBER 27, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO INVOLVED IN DRUG-RELATED CRIMES SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two local courts in China have sentenced to death two men on charges of trafficking and manufacturing
- DECEMBER 23, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SW CHINA COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR CORRUPTION
in southwest China, the Higher People's Court of Chongqing upheld the death sentence of Wang Guanchao, former board chairman of Beijing Triple Nine Automobile Industrial Co, for graft and embezzlement totalling over 30 million yuan.
- DECEMBER 22, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
7 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NORTH CHINA
the Taiyuan Intermediate People's Court in China's north Shanxi province sentenced five people to death and two others to death with a two-year reprieve for drug trafficking in October 2010.
- DECEMBER 16, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR PICKAXE MURDER
the Shenyang Intermediate People's Court in northeast China's Liaoning Province sentenced Xiao Guang, a 31-year-old resident of Liaozhong County, to death.
- DECEMBER 13, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA HALVES EXECUTIONS TO 4,000 PER YEAR, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
Executions in China have dropped 50 per cent since 2007 to around 4,000 per year,
- DECEMBER 13, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAFIA-STYLE GANG LEADER EXECUTED
The leader and two core members of a Mafia-style gang that terrorized local communities in southwest China's city of Kunming were executed, court officials said.
- DECEMBER 13, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: RUSSIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Russian national Marina Lopatina said she will not appeal her death sentence with a two year reprieve.
- DECEMBER 12, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SA WOMAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
A South African woman was executed in China for drug smuggling, eNews reported.
- DECEMBER 12, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCES
in China, three members of a gang who kidnapped, robbed and murdered Yu Jun in Pudong's Jinqiao area on September 15, 2010, received death sentences.
- DECEMBER 11, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MADAM EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION
Wang Ziqi was executed in China for luring young women to work in brothels which were disguised as tea houses, beauty salons or hotels.
- DECEMBER 10, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DAIRY FARMER SENTENCED OVER MILK POISONING IN CHINA
a local court in Pingliang city in far western China's Gansu province found dairy farmer Ma Xiuling guilty of deliberately adding nitrite to the milk of a dairy farming couple in revenge for some business disputes, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
- DECEMBER 9, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINO EXECUTED IN CHINA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Liuzhou, China, an unidentified Philippino man, 35, was executed for drug trafficking.
- DECEMBER 6, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE FOR STABBING BUS DRIVER
the passenger who fatally stabbed a bus driver over the volume of the onboard television was given a death sentence with a two-year reprieve, the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court says.
- DECEMBER 1, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
VP BINAY TO APPEAL PINOY'S DEATH SENTENCE IN CHINA
the Filipino Department of Foreign Affairs said that it is already arranging a possible trip for Vice President Jejomar Binay to China to personally appeal for the a 35-year-old male overseas Filipino worker scheduled to be executed on December 8 for smug
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO EXECUTE FILIPINO DEC. 8 DESPITE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT’S APPEAL
the Supreme People’s Court in Beijing, China, upheld the drug trafficking conviction of an unidentified 35-year-old Filipino man and set his execution for December 8.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA GIVES DEATH SENTENCE IN TAINTED PORK SCANDAL
China sentenced Liu Xiang to death with two years' reprieve for harming public
- NOVEMBER 23, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: RUSSIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA FOR DRUG-TRAFFICKING
Russian national Marina Lopatina, 37, a Khabarovsk resident, was sentenced to death with a two year reprieve by a court in the Chinese city of Zhuhai, the Russian Embassy in Beijing said.
NOVEMBER 22, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED OVER CHILD RAPE
in China, Lishui karaoke bar owner Chen Weijun, 42, was executed for raping 14
- NOVEMBER 14, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO EXECUTE THREE FOR HOTEL ARSON
three men are to be executed in China for setting fire to a hotel in the northeast province
- NOVEMBER 9, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TAX OFFICIAL, FAMILY
three people were sentenced to death for killing a tax official and three of his family members in
NOVEMBER 9, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: CITY OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR GRAFT
A city official convicted of graft was executed in China after the highest court approved her death sentence, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
NOVEMBER 8, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR GRAFT BOSS
in China, former boss of the Shanghai Pharmacy Group Wu Jianwen, 42, was sentenced
- NOVEMBER 7, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: BROTHERS, FATHER GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR FRAUD
two brothers and their father were sentenced to death for cheating 15,000 investors out
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED AFTER RARE RETRIAL
a man convicted of killing a young woman and her 3-year-old brother after his offer
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Intermediate People's Court of Xiangtan, in China's Hunan Province, sentenced Wang Yongzhong, the