China
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · In January, the Nanyang Intermediate People's Court...
- News items in the archive
- 2,785
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
China is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 2,785 news items on China, from 1999 to today.
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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 PENALTYCHINA: 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
JUNE 3, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: UGANDAN DRUG DEALERS SURVIVE GALLOWS
The Chinese government has agreed to lift the death sentence on a total of 22 Ugandans
MAY 25, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SOUTH KOREAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A South Korean man has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking in the eastern
- MAY 22, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the former chairman of a State-owned food enterprise...
the former chairman of a State-owned food enterprise...
MAY 21, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TYCOON JAILED AFTER DEATH SENTENCE REVOKED
A former Chinese tycoon who was convicted of illegally raising money for her business has been sentenced
MAY 18, 2012CanadaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: PLEDGE NOT TO EXECUTE A LONGTIME FUGITIVE IN CANADA HONOURED
Lai Changxing, who spent 12 years on the run in Canada as China’s most notorious fugitive,
- MAY 9, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: BEIJING TAX CHIEF GETS DEATH SENTENCE
The former chief of the Beijing Local Taxation Bureau was sentenced to death with a
APRIL 27, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EX-POLITICAL ADVISOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRIBERY
A Chinese court sentenced Song Chenguang, former senior political advisor of east
- APRIL 23, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen Meng, the former deputy head of a district government in Shanghai...
Chen Meng, the former deputy head of a district government in Shanghai...
- APRIL 19, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in China's southwestern Chongqing municipality...
a court in China's southwestern Chongqing municipality...
- APRIL 19, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DRUG GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in China's southwestern Chongqing municipality has sentenced seven people
- APRIL 10, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FIVE DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED IN CHINA
Five drug traffickers were sentenced in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou, with
APRIL 6, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR $16 MILLION FUND SCAM
A 30-year-old Chinese woman was sentenced to death by a court in Wenzhou for "cheating
APRIL 1, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCINA: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD OVER TAX OFFICIAL MURDERS
A court in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region upheld a verdict
- MARCH 30, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a Hong Kong man, Robert Shan Shiao-may and a Taiwanese man...
a Hong Kong man, Robert Shan Shiao-may and a Taiwanese man...
- MARCH 29, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: THREE EXECUTED OVER FATAL FIRE
Three people responsible for a fire, in which 11 people were killed and two others
- MARCH 26, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UIGHUR MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER XINJIANG ATTACKS
A Uighur man accused by the Chinese government of being the mastermind behind deadly
- MARCH 23, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in China handed down the death sentence
a court in China handed down the death sentence
- MARCH 22, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO ABOLISH TRANSPLANTING ORGANS FROM CONDEMNED PRISONERS WITHIN 3-5 YEARS
China has pledged to abolish the practice of taking transplant human organs from condemned prisoners within three to five years, a senior health official said.
- MARCH 20, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a 45-year-old mafia boss convicted of organized crime...
a 45-year-old mafia boss convicted of organized crime...
- MARCH 11, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TOP JUDGE SAYS CHINA NEEDS MORE LEGAL REFORMS
admitting problems in China's judicial system, chief justice Wang Shengjun vowed
- MARCH 8, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: AMENDMENT TO LIMIT USE OF DEATH PENALTY
a draft amendment to the nation's Criminal Procedure Law was submitted to the ongoing 5th session
- MARCH 7, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH-ROW INMATES MAIN SOURCE OF ORGANS
Executed prisoners were still the main source of organs used in transplant operations
- MARCH 7, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 3 TAIWANESE EXECUTED IN XIAMEN FOR TRAFFICKING 357KG DRUGS
Three Taiwanese drug traffickers who were given the death penalty by the Xiamen
- FEBRUARY 23, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA MULLS DEATH PENALTY FOR ‘GUTTER OIL’ CRIMES
China will intensify its crackdown on illegal “gutter oil” trade and give the death penalty