China 2011
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2011
- JUNE 24, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Intermediate People's Court in Changzhou in east China's Jiangsu Province
- JUNE 24, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER VICE MAYOR'S DEATH PENALTY APPEAL DENIED
former vice mayor of China's eastern resort city of Hangzhou
- JUNE 21, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COALMINER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING MAN IN POLLUTION ROW
A court in China's northern region of Inner Mongolia sentenced to death a coal mine worker for killing
- JUNE 21, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA MOBILE EXECUTIVE GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR TAKING BRIBES FROM SIEMENS
Shi Wanzhong, the Human Resources Director of state-run telecom company China Mobile...
JUNE 21, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COUNTERFEITER SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Intermediate People's Court of the city of Hengyang in China's Hunan Province sentenced
- JUNE 16, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: CITY PLANS DEATH PENALTY TO ENSURE FOOD SAFETY
a new trial provision issued by the Higher People's Court of Southwest China's Chongqing municipality requires more severe punishment, including the death penalty, for food and drug safety scandals.
- JUNE 15, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Weng Tanggen was sentenced to death and Wang Jianping was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for drug trafficking by a court in Northeast China's Jilin province.
- JUNE 9, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR GOLD RAIDER
Zhang Degang, 33, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for the September 8, 2010, robbery of a hypermarket in Minhang District, worth 1.01 million yuan, the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court was told.
- JUNE 8, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE SENTENCED TO DIE FOR MONGOL HERDER'S DEATH
A Chinese truck driver was sentenced to death for killing an ethnic Mongol herder by
JUNE 7, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: STUDENT EXECUTED OVER HIT-AND-RUN MURDER
China executed music student Yao Jiaxin, 21, for stabbing 26-year-old mother Zhang Miao to death after hurting her in a car crash on October 20, 2010.
- MAY 29, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Li Shengguang, 68, was executed for killing two children with rat poison in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 2009.
- MAY 28, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA ORDERS DEATH PENALTY FOR FOOD SAFETY CRIMES
China's Supreme People's Court ordered capital punishment for food safety
MAY 24, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURTS URGED TO BE PRUDENT IN USE OF DEATH PENALTY
Chinese courts were told to pronounce a two-year suspension of execution for condemned criminals if an immediate execution is not deemed necessary.
- MAY 20, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN MAN EXECUTED IN XIAMEN FOR TRAFFICKING 370KG OF KETAMINE
Taiwanese national Li Xiamhzheng was executed in Xiamen...
- MAY 20, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING THREE FAMILY MEMBERS
a woman surnamed Lin from Nantou County Puli township in China was sentenced to death
- MAY 20, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: COURT REJECTS DEATH APPEAL OF STUDENT
a Chinese court in Shaanxi rejected the death sentence appeal by music student Yao Jiaxin...
- MAY 17, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES CONVICTED KILLER AFTER RAISING SENTENCE
China executed a convicted murderer after raising his suspended death sentence
- MAY 12, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER VICE MAYOR SENTENCED TO DEATH ON CORRUPTION CHARGES
in China, former Hangzhou vice mayor Xu Maiyong, 52, was sentenced to death by the Municipal People’s Intermediary Court of Ningbo.
- MAY 9, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR FOOD VENDOR
the Liaoning Higher People's Court in China upheld the death penalty for food vendor Xia Junfeng, 34, from Shenyang, who allegedly killed two enforcement officers on May 16, 2009.
MAY 9, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER MAYOR GETS TOUGH SENTENCE FOR GRAFT
The former mayor of China's Shenzhen city was given a suspended death sentence for
- MAY 5, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE STUDENT APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
Chinese student Yao Jiaxin, 21, sentenced to death for murdering Zhang Miao in Xi'an City, Shaanxi, in October 2010 to cover up that he had accidentally run into her with his car appealed the verdict, a local court said.
MAY 1, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 13 CRIMES EXEMPTED FROM DEATH PENALTY
Several important changes to China's laws came into effect today, addressing such things
- APRIL 26, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING FOUR POLICEMEN
Liu Jianjun, 51, was executed for shooting dead four policemen and two drivers with his brother in eastern China on January 4, 2011.
- APRIL 22, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH
university student Yao Jiaxin, 21, was sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Xi'an, China, for murdering Zhang Miao.
- APRIL 19, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SERIAL RAPIST APPEALS HIS DEATH SENTENCE
Dai Qingcheng, the 46-year-old farmer from East China's Anhui province who was sentenced to death in December for raping 116 women between 1993 and 2009, is appealing his conviction.
- APRIL 13, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH UPHELD FOR BROTHERS IN E CHINA
the Shandong Higher Court in China confirmed the death penalty of Liu Jianjun, 51, for killing four policemen in a shootout in Shandong on January 4, 2011.
APRIL 13, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 26-YEAR-OLD FEMALE EXECUTED IN XIAMEN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Mao Ran, 26, was executed in Xiamen, China, for ordering others to conduct
- APRIL 8, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMERLY RICH WOMAN APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
Wu Ying, whose assets, totaling about $550 million, made her the sixth-richest woman in China in...
- APRIL 6, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER CHINA COUNTY BOSS RECEIVES SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRIBERY
the Baiyin City Intermediate People's Court in northwest China's Gansu Province sentenced Wang Xianmin...
- APRIL 5, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FILIPINO WOMAN ON CHINA DEATH ROW GETS 2-YEAR REPRIEVE
Filipino woman Myrna San Pedro, on death row in China...