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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- MAY 29, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In its initial trial, Yulin Municipal Intermediate...
In its initial trial, Yulin Municipal Intermediate People's Court, in Guangxi Province, sentenced Liu Jingsheng to death for abducting and trafficking in women, the Guangxi Zhengfa Bao reported
- MAY 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Director of the Public Security Bureau of Lucheng District,...
Director of the Public Security Bureau of Lucheng District, Wenzhou, in East China's Zhejiang Province, was sentenced to death for taking bribes and owning a huge amount of property of unkown sources
- MAY 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Former police officer Wang Luxiong and five gang members...
Former police officer Wang Luxiong and five gang members were given the death sentence for engaging in triad activities, the China News Service said
- MAY 22, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No
Chen was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No
- MAY 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Uighur exile groups claimed that Chinese authroties...
Uighur exile groups claimed that Chinese authroties have detained as many as 3,000 people in Xinjiang since September [2001], with scores also executed for alleged terrorist activities
- MAY 10, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On the orders of Beijing's Higher People's Court, eight...
On the orders of Beijing's Higher People's Court, eight Chinese criminals were executed in Beijing
- APRIL 29, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhengzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court, in...
Zhengzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court, in Henan Province, convened a meeting to try 14 alleged criminals involved in five robbery cases, including an "Amway" robbery case
- APRIL 28, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese man sentenced to death for murder was saved...
A Chinese man sentenced to death for murder was saved from the executioner's bullet with only four minutes to spare because of the persistence of his lawyer and an available mobile phone
- APRIL 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Urumqi Municipal Intermediate People's Court, in...
The Urumqi Municipal Intermediate People's Court, in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, sentenced Qu Ligu, Chu Wei, and four other alleged criminals to death and terms of imprisonment
- APRIL 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four men were sentenced to death for killing six people...
Four men were sentenced to death for killing six people by setting off a bomb on a public bus in March 2002, a court spokesman said
- APRIL 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The provincial people's court in Luoyang, Henan Province,...
The provincial people's court in Luoyang, Henan Province, approved the execution of six principal suspects, Wang Baoming, Liang Luomin, Xu Weiguo, Chen Jianjun, Yang Mengwen, and Chen Chao for allegedly leading and organizing criminal syndicate activities
- APRIL 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death...
China voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The International Olympic Committee warned China that...
The International Olympic Committee warned China that it risks losing the right to hold the 2008 Games unless it improves its human rights record
- APRIL 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Nanchang Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Jiangxi...
Nanchang Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Jiangxi Province, convened a meeting to announce the execution of 13 criminals
- APRIL 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Justice organs in Xinzhou city, Shanxi Province, sentenced...
Justice organs in Xinzhou city, Shanxi Province, sentenced Tian Xuewen and Bai Zengyun to death for alleged involvement in a gift parcel explosion case
- APRIL 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
April, 24/26, 2002: Taiyuan Municipal Courts, in Shanxi...
April, 24/26, 2002: Taiyuan Municipal Courts, in Shanxi Province, convened meetings to announce judgments on 117 criminal suspects in 10 places
- APRIL 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Justice organs in Xining City, Qinghai Province, convened...
Justice organs in Xining City, Qinghai Province, convened a meeting to try 28 alleged criminals for homicide, kidnapping, robbery, and injury cases
- APRIL 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four men convicted of destroying power lines in Beijing...
Four men convicted of destroying power lines in Beijing and Hebei province have lost their appeal against the death sentence
- APRIL 18, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two mafia gang's leaders in China's Fujian province,...
Two mafia gang's leaders in China's Fujian province, Xu Jie and You Jianguo, were sentenced to death for violent crimes, damaging property, illegal business operations, bribery, gun possession and obstruction of justice
- APRIL 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's "strike hard" campaign has entered its second...
China's "strike hard" campaign has entered its second year despite an admission by the top security official that it has not curbed rampant crime
- APRIL 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China sentenced to death a mafia kingpin who ensnared...
China sentenced to death a mafia kingpin who ensnared city hall and top Communist Party officials in the northeastern industrial hub of Shenyang in a huge graft scandal
- APRIL 16, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A group of associations of "Eastern Turkestan" protested...
A group of associations of "Eastern Turkestan" protested [against] Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's visit in Ankara
- APRIL 15, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three people convicted of violent crimes in Changchun,...
Three people convicted of violent crimes in Changchun, Jilin province, were executed as part of China's Strike Hard campaign
- APRIL 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A woman was executed in in China's Guangzhou province...
A woman was executed in in China's Guangzhou province after being convicted of running a brothel
- APRIL 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China welcomed the absence of UN criticism of its human...
China welcomed the absence of UN criticism of its human rights record at an annual rights meeting, saying the lack of a censure showed increasing international recognition of China's stand on rights
- APRIL 10, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The number of state-sanctioned executions around the...
The number of state-sanctioned executions around the world doubled in 2001, mainly because of a crackdown on crime in China, Amnesty International said
- APRIL 10, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MEPs approved a resolution supporting increased cooperation...
MEPs approved a resolution supporting increased cooperation between the EU and China
- APRIL 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
German Justice Minister Herta Daeubler-Gmelin (Social...
German Justice Minister Herta Daeubler-Gmelin (Social Democratic Party of Germany) vehemently rejected criticism of the government's human rights policy towards China
- APRIL 8, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Prior to the state visit by China's President Jiang...
Prior to the state visit by China's President Jiang Zemin, Greens leader Claudia Roth clearly criticized the human rights situation in China
- APRIL 8, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Several hundred supporters of the meditation movement...
Several hundred supporters of the meditation movement Falun Gong protested against Chinese President Jiang Zemin's visit to Germany in Berlin