China 2012
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on China in 2012
DECEMBER 26, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT UPHOLD DEATH SENTENCES FOR MYANMAR DRUG LORD
A Chinese court rejected appeals from six people, including the Myanmar drug lord
DECEMBER 18, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: REDUCTION OF DEATH PENALTY THROUGH JUDICIAL RESTRAINT
a conference held on 15-16 December in Beijing discussed a range of measures aimed at significantly reducing the use of capital punishment in China.
- DECEMBER 12, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a man in China has been sentenced to death for killing...
a man in China has been sentenced to death for killing...
DECEMBER 11, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE XINJIANG PLANE HIJACKERS
A court in China’s restive Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang sentenced three men to death after
DECEMBER 6, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: BEIJING LAWYER REVEALS ORGAN HARVESTING OF EXECUTED PRISONER
a Beijing lawyer revealed something stunning on the Chinese Internet. Han Bing, who goes
- NOVEMBER 30, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a Chinese court sentenced a man to death for holding six women as sex slaves
a Chinese court sentenced a man to death for holding six women as sex slaves
- NOVEMBER 30, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: YISHUN TRIPLE MURDER CONVICT TO HANG
The Chinese national who killed three women in a flat in Yishun three years ago was
NOVEMBER 29, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO KILLED PARENTS FOR INSURANCE
A man in Zhangye city, Gansu province, was sentenced to death by a local court after
NOVEMBER 26, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING OF BABIES
Two ringleaders of an infant trafficking gang, based in mountainous Ya'an City of southwest China's
NOVEMBER 24, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: REVISED PROCURATORATE RULES TO IMPROVE DEATH SENTENCE REVIEW
China's newly-revised criminal rules for procuratorates updates the review of death sentences
- NOVEMBER 6, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
four members of a gang accused of masterminding the murder...
four members of a gang accused of masterminding the murder...
- NOVEMBER 2, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO PHASE OUT PRISONER ORGANS 'NEXT YEAR': RESEARCHER
China will start phasing out the use of executed prisoners as a source of organs for transplants next
OCTOBER 16, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER COMPANY PRESIDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region sentenced to death a former president
- OCTOBER 11, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a university teacher who stabbed his eight-month-pregnant
a university teacher who stabbed his eight-month-pregnant
- OCTOBER 9, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Chinese government issued a white paper on judicial reform
the Chinese government issued a white paper on judicial reform
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE IN PROFESSOR'S HOMICIDE
In China, the Higher People's Court of Guangdong Province upheld the death sentence of the
- AUGUST 20, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld a death sentence
the Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld a death sentence
- AUGUST 20, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a 46-year-old Chinese man was sentenced to death
a 46-year-old Chinese man was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 20, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Bogu Kailai, wife of former Chinese politician Bo Xilai...
Bogu Kailai, wife of former Chinese politician Bo Xilai...
- AUGUST 14, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a South Korean man has been sentenced to death
a South Korean man has been sentenced to death
- JULY 26, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CORRUPTION
A development zone official in a south China city was sentenced to death over land-related
- JULY 5, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a Chinese court announced it has upheld a suspended death sentence...
a Chinese court announced it has upheld a suspended death sentence...
- JULY 3, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a Chinese national sentenced to hang, in Singapore...
a Chinese national sentenced to hang, in Singapore...
JUNE 26, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FOUR DRUG TRAFFICKERS EXECUTED
China executed four convicted drug traffickers and sentenced at least 15 others to death as the nation marked global anti-drug day, state press reported.
JUNE 25, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCINA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN IN BANK BLAST
A higher people's court upheld the death penalty for a man convicted of causing
- JUNE 15, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING 223 INFANTS IN LESS THAN A YEAR
A Chinese woman was sentenced to death for abducting and trafficking 223 infants over
JUNE 15, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: DEATH SENTENCE IN GROTESQUE MURDER CASE
A South Korean court handed down a death sentence to a Chinese national who was
- JUNE 14, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese state media say a man has been sentenced...
Chinese state media say a man has been sentenced to death for forging currency worth tens of millions of dollars.
JUNE 13, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: BUDDHIST MONK SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
In China, a man who lived as a Buddhist monk for 18 years after committing murder
- JUNE 11, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MORE STRINGENT JUDICIAL PROCEDURES FOR DEATH PENALTY CASES
A government action plan was released in China to improve the trial procedures and reviews of death