Hong Kong SAR China
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's...
- News items in the archive
- 61
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Hong Kong SAR China is classified as Abolitionist 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 61 news items on Hong Kong SAR China, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 14, 2004Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhuo Xiaojun, a Hong Kong man, was sentenced to death...
Zhuo Xiaojun, a Hong Kong man, was sentenced to death for murder by Fuzhou City Intermediate People's Court in China
- JANUARY 1, 2003Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's...
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993
- JANUARY 28, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong businessman was sentenced to two years...
A Hong Kong businessman was sentenced to two years imprisonment for smuggling Bibles into the mainland and two mainlanders have been jailed for three years and fined 150,000 dollars each
- JANUARY 27, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China backed away from putting an alleged Bible-smuggler...
China backed away from putting an alleged Bible-smuggler on trial for his life, instead charging him with the lesser offence of illegal trading
- JANUARY 9, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Asian Wall Street Journal's International Commentary...
The Asian Wall Street Journal's International Commentary said "China's Communist leaders traditionally celebrate religious holidays with the persecution of believers
- JANUARY 9, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A U.S. congressman said that China's indictment of...
A U.S. congressman said that China's indictment of a Hong Kong Bibletrader was another reminder human rights abuses remained an obstacle in Sino-U
- JANUARY 8, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Beijing said a Hong Kong trader arrested in July had...
Beijing said a Hong Kong trader arrested in July had been transporting bibles into China as cover for secretly importing banned booklets associated with an "evil cult"
- JANUARY 7, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China should halt the execution of Hong Kong residents...
China should halt the execution of Hong Kong residents convicted of capital offences, an alliance of civic groups fighting the mainland's death penalty said in a petition presented to the SAR [Special Administrative Region] Security Bureau
- JANUARY 6, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy,...
The Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, said that a Hong Kong man Lai Kwon-Keung, 38, faces the death penalty in China for allegedly smuggling thousands of Bibles across the border to an outlawed Christian group
- JANUARY 1, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A total of 23 Hong Kong residents were either executed...
A total of 23 Hong Kong residents were either executed or sentenced to death in mainland China in 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's...
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993
- DECEMBER 26, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A south China court sentenced a Hong Kong drug lord...
A south China court sentenced a Hong Kong drug lord and his four associates to death following what is said to be the world's largest haul of "ice," local reports said
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Thirteen Hong Kong people arrested over what is believed...
Thirteen Hong Kong people arrested over what is believed to be a world record seizure of almost 17 tonnes of the drug "ice" are facing the death penalty in a trial that starts on September 11 in Shenzhen
- JULY 23, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong woman was sentenced to death by Thailand's...
A Hong Kong woman was sentenced to death by Thailand's main criminal court for trafficking in 6
- JUNE 26, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court pronounced...
Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court pronounced judgment on numerous cases and sentenced to death several drug traffickers
- APRIL 18, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lee Yuan-kuang, 47, a Hong Kong Chinese was executed...
Lee Yuan-kuang, 47, a Hong Kong Chinese was executed in Thailand for drug
- MARCH 20, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The House of Representatives passed a bill that will...
The House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow the administrations of Indonesia and Hong Kong to surrender fugitives pursued by each country
- JANUARY 5, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Guangqiang, a Hong Kong businessman who smuggled...
Li Guangqiang, a Hong Kong businessman who smuggled 33,000 bibles to China in 2000, may face the death penalty for practicing unauthorized religious worship, the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said
- JANUARY 1, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's...
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993
- JANUARY 1, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Many residents in Hong Kong have been sentenced to...
Many residents in Hong Kong have been sentenced to death or executed in China
- JUNE 16, 2000Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong officials were seeking a guarantee from Beijing...
Hong Kong officials were seeking a guarantee from Beijing that mainlanders sent back to face trial under a rendition agreement would not be executed
- MARCH 15, 2000Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Ma Lik said it would not be easy for China and...
Deputy Ma Lik said it would not be easy for China and Hong Kong to sign a mutual assistance agreement on criminal cases because of their differences on the issue of the death penalty
- JANUARY 21, 2000Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong man and his mainland accomplice, So Kwai-biu...
A Hong Kong man and his mainland accomplice, So Kwai-biu and Chen Wei-cheng, both 38, were executed in Guangzhou for the murder of seven people, including an Australian and an American, in southern China
- JANUARY 1, 2000Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Many residents in Hong Kong have been sentenced to...
Many residents in Hong Kong have been sentenced to death or executed in China
- JANUARY 1, 2000Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's...
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993
- NOVEMBER 23, 1999Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 23, Hong Kong kingpin Ye Cheng-jian, 38,...
On November 23, Hong Kong kingpin Ye Cheng-jian, 38, and 2 mainland accomplices, He Jingsheng and Li Xinwen, convicted of murder, robberies and kidnappings dating back to 1994 were executed
- NOVEMBER 4, 1999Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On November 4, the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court...
On November 4, the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court sentenced to death Jin Jianpei, 55, a former senior official at the Hong Kong-based investment arm of Hubei Province who misappropriated $188 million for gambling and speculating
- OCTOBER 15, 1999Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On October 15, Ye Cheng-jian, 38, and two mainland...
On October 15, Ye Cheng-jian, 38, and two mainland accomplices, He Jingsheng and Li Xinwen, members of a Hong Kong gang, were sentenced to death by the Zhuhai Municipal Intermediate People's Court for murder, robbery, kidnapping and firearms offenses carr
- SEPTEMBER 15, 1999Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 15, the Zhuhai City Intermediate People's...
On September 15, the Zhuhai City Intermediate People's Court condemned 2 Hong Kong gang members, Ng Kai-chi and Lee Lok-sang, who received suspended death penalties, and further 8-year jail terms
- APRIL 23, 1999Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On April 23, Yuhui Li was sentenced to death in China...
On April 23, Yuhui Li was sentenced to death in China for crimes committed in Hong Kong