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 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three drug traffickers were executed in Wuhan, capital...
Three drug traffickers were executed in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province
- JUNE 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
three men named Xiao Tianhua, Xiao Zige and Cai Xiudong were executed
three men named Xiao Tianhua, Xiao Zige and Cai Xiudong were executed
- JUNE 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wong Kan-ming, Wong Hon-tsing and Wong Shui-lun received...
Wong Kan-ming, Wong Hon-tsing and Wong Shui-lun received suspended death sentences by the Guangzhou People's Intermediate Court, China, for producing more than 600kg of Ecstasy
- JUNE 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The US ruled out the possible return of 22 Chinese...
The US ruled out the possible return of 22 Chinese prisoners held at its Guantanamo Bay detention centre to China because it feared they could be tortured or executed, according to a senior US official
- JUNE 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The US ruled out the possible return of 22 Chinese...
The US ruled out the possible return of 22 Chinese prisoners held at its Guantanamo Bay detention centre to China because it feared they could be tortured or executed, according to a senior US official
- JUNE 19, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Guoju, a woman, was sentenced to death by the Puyang...
Li Guoju, a woman, was sentenced to death by the Puyang intermediate and two others were given life imprisonment after being found guilty of trafficking 120 babies in central China's impoverished Henan province
- JUNE 18, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xiao Yang, president of the Supreme People's Court...
Xiao Yang, president of the Supreme People's Court of China urged all Chinese judges to respect criminals' human rights
- JUNE 17, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ma Jiajue, a university student convicted of killing...
Ma Jiajue, a university student convicted of killing four of his classmates and stuffing their bodies into a dormitory closet, was executed in southwestern China's Yunnan province
- JUNE 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a man named Li Pingping was executed in China for murder
a man named Li Pingping was executed in China for murder
- JUNE 11, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted Hong Kong drug traffickers weere executed...
Three convicted Hong Kong drug traffickers weere executed in Shenzhen, China
- JUNE 11, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Xinxi Shibao newspaper reported that...
the Xinxi Shibao newspaper reported that...
- JUNE 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yan'an Intermediate People's Court, in Shaanxi...
The Yan'an Intermediate People's Court, in Shaanxi Province, executed Li Hongwu, Li Fafu and Yang Lin for intentional homicide
- JUNE 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jengchiang, alias Archong sae Chee, a 42 year old Chinese...
Jengchiang, alias Archong sae Chee, a 42 year old Chinese farmer in Chiang Rai, was sentenced to death by the Thai Criminal after being found guilty of possessing drugs with intent to sell
- MAY 28, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A South Korean man was executed in China on for murdering...
A South Korean man was executed in China on for murdering his Chinese girlfriend and her sister
- MAY 28, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A group of 12 convicted drug traffickers was sentenced...
A group of 12 convicted drug traffickers was sentenced to death by a court in central China, for the buying and selling of heroin
- MAY 28, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution...
"China will use its influence to encourage a fair solution to the issue of the Bulgarian nurses sentenced in Libya," Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), told Bulgarian National Assembly Chairman Ogny
- MAY 28, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Sanqin Dushi Bao (Sanqin Daily) newspaper reported that...
the Sanqin Dushi Bao (Sanqin Daily) newspaper reported that...
- MAY 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in its initial trial, the Anshan Intermediate People's Court in Liaoning Province...
in its initial trial, the Anshan Intermediate People's Court in Liaoning Province...
- MAY 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in its initial trial, the Shantou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province...
in its initial trial, the Shantou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province...
- MAY 26, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's rights record has made little progress in the...
China's rights record has made little progress in the past year and has worsened in areas such as the treatment of ethnic minorities, Amnesty International said
- MAY 26, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in its initial trial, the Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province...
in its initial trial, the Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province...
- MAY 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Luo Jinqiao and Luo Guosheng, two members of a criminal...
Luo Jinqiao and Luo Guosheng, two members of a criminal gang, were sentenced to death in Changsha, in China's Hunan Province
- MAY 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in its initial trial, the Changsha Intermediate People's Court in Hunan Province...
in its initial trial, the Changsha Intermediate People's Court in Hunan Province...
- MAY 17, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 14, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Baoji Intermediate People's Court in Shaanxi Province,...
The Baoji Intermediate People's Court in Shaanxi Province, China, sentenced Zhao Shouyi and Wang Rangke to death; Chen Baoping to 15 years imprisonment; and Zhang Haixue to 10 years imprisonment for murder, the Xibu Fazhi Bao newspaper reported
- MAY 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Major General Liu Guangzhi, commandant of China's Air...
Major General Liu Guangzhi, commandant of China's Air Force Command Academy, and another academy officer were sentenced to death on charges of spying for rival Taiwan
- MAY 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in central China's Henan province sentenced...
A court in central China's Henan province sentenced to death a woman convicted of buying and selling 13 children in a case linked to a nationwide network of baby trafficking, state press said
- MAY 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the Meizhou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province...
the Meizhou Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province...
- MAY 11, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhou Wenling to death for a murder he committed in Nanjing in 1994
- MAY 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced to death Lu Wangli for taking...
A Chinese court sentenced to death Lu Wangli for taking 26 million yuan (3