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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- AUGUST 20, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR TWO JAPANESE OVER DRUGS
a Chinese court upheld the death sentences of two Japanese men convicted of attempting to smuggle drugs from China to Japan in 2003, an official at the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang said.
- AUGUST 19, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two convicts were executed for drug trafficking in southwest China's Yunnan province, according to local sources.
- AUGUST 13, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zheng Hongbin, 35, a Chinese security guard...
Zheng Hongbin, 35, a Chinese security guard...
- AUGUST 9, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA BANK WORKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RECORD HEIST
two bank workers were sentenced to death for China's largest ever bank theft...
- AUGUST 9, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF MISTRESS
two men were sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Zibo in China. Duan Yihe...
- AUGUST 8, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA ISSUES DECREE ON REVIEWING DEATH PENALTY
China’s Supreme People's Procuratorate issued a new decree on reviewing death penalty sentences, clarifying specific regulations in reviewing cases...
- AUGUST 3, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EX-POLICE OFFICER GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN CHINA
a former Chinese police officer has been sentenced to death for running a 34-member gang that engaged in murder, extortion and prostitution, Xinhua news agency reported.
- JULY 27, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STEALING OIL
a Chinese court sentenced two men to death for masterminding a plot to steal oil from
- JULY 27, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UGANDAN DRUG TRAFFICKER TO HANG
one of the seven Ugandans held in China over drug-related offences was sentenced to death according to Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa.
- JULY 25, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DRUG RELATED DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED
in China, Shanghai's High Court confirmed the death sentence imposed on the city's most notorious criminal gang leader.
- JULY 24, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH FOR CHINESE MAN WHO KILLED BEGGAR FOR ORGANS
Wang Chaoyang, a Chinese villager from the northern province of Heibei...
- JULY 20, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MAN GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MULTIPLE MURDERS
a mentally ill man in south China's Guangdong Province received a suspended death sentence for murdering five family members and an employee with a hammer.
- JULY 17, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MAN GETS DEATH FOR SLAVERY SCANDAL
China sentenced a man to death and jailed another 28 people for their roles in a massive
- JULY 16, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SEVEN UGANDANS FACE DEATH IN CHINA OVER DRUG TRAFFICKING
the identities of seven Ugandans, including two women, who face death over drug trafficking offences in China have been revealed.
- JULY 15, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES FIVE GANG MEMBERS TO DEATH FOR RAPE
a Chinese court sentenced to death the ringleader of a juvenile gang responsible for the rape of more than 40 girls, the Xinhua news agency said.
- JULY 12, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING SIX FAMILY MEMBERS
Dong Gang, a native of Nong'an County in northeast China's Jilin Province...
- JULY 12, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN FACES DEATH FOR KILLING STUDENT
a man was sentenced to death for killing a 19 year old university student in a robbery in November 2006.
- JULY 10, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHINA EXECUTES EX-FOOD AND DRUG CHIEF
the execution of former State Food and Drug Administration director Zheng Xiaoyu
- JULY 10, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF HK TYCOON
six of the eight people charged with the murder of Hong Kong millionaire Lam Hon-lit were found guilty at Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, a defence lawyer for the case said.
- JULY 7, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT SENTENCES THREE
three professional hitmen were sentenced to death after being found guilty of multiple murders by a court in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
- JULY 6, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE DRUG OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a former department head at China's State Food and Drug Administration agency was sentenced to death on charges of bribery and neglecting official duties.
- JULY 5, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHINESE JUDGE SAYS DEATH PENALTY APPLIED UNEVENLY ACROSS NATION, SEEKS TO UNIFY STANDARDS
China's top court will ensure the death penalty is applied uniformly across the
- JULY 5, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. RAILWAY ACCOUNTANT GETS DEATH FOR FRAUD
Zhang Ning, the former chief accountant of the Lanzhou Railway Bureau in western China...
- JULY 2, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
10 UGANDANS FACE DEATH IN CHINA OVER NARCOTICS
ten Ugandans held on charges of illicit drug trafficking in China will soon be lined
- JUNE 28, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: POLICEMAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG RELATED CRIMES
a model policeman-turned-drug baron was sentenced to death while his five accomplices got varying jail terms in southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.
- JUNE 28, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: VANDALS FACE DEATH PENALTY FOR DAMAGING MILITARY FACILITIES
vandals who deliberately damage China's military telecommunication facilities will face long jail terms or even the death penalty, according to a judicial deliberation released by the Supreme People's Court (SPC).
- JUNE 25, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES THREE FOR DRUG DEALING
three men, including a foreigner, were executed in China's southeast Fujian Province for drug dealing.
- JUNE 25, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
China's top court announced that it had approved the death penalty for seven people for drug trafficking.
- JUNE 23, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA ISSUES DEATH SENTENCES IN FAKE MONEY SCAM
a court in eastern Wenzhou city, China, has handed death sentences with a two-year reprieve to
- JUNE 21, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES 14 GANG MEMBERS TO DEATH
a Chinese court has sentenced 14 gang members to death for murder