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China court sentences Tibetans for encouraging self-immolation
January 31, 2013 by Daniel Mullen
A Chinese court has sentenced two Tibetans for inciting self-immolation according to a Thursday report from Xinhua, China's state news agency. The two men were charged with intentional homicide after inciting and coercing eight people to self-immolate, three of whom ultimately died. Lorang.... [more]
UN passed worldwide death penalty moratorium [this day at law]
December 18, 2011 by Clay Flaherty
On December 18, 2007, the UN General Assembly voted 104-54 with 29 abstentions in favor of UN Resolution 62/149, which calls for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty. The non-binding resolution was previously passed by the UN General Assembly's Third Committee in November 2007. The US voted.... [more]
US investigating Google allegations of China hacking
June 2, 2011 by Maureen Cosgrove
US authorities announced Thursday that they are investigating claims by Google that hundreds of personal Gmail accounts were breached by hackers in China. Google disclosed on Wednesday that hundreds of users, including US government and military officials and political activists, were targets of a.... [more]
China to issue harsher penalties, including death, for food safety violations
May 31, 2011 by Zach Zagger
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) issued a directive Friday instituting new harsher penalties under the criminal law for violations of food safety crimes. The penalties raise the prison sentences and eliminate the caps on fines and raises penalties for public officials found to have protected.... [more]
China banned use of evidence obtained through torture [this day at law]
May 30, 2011 by Clay Flaherty
On May 30, 2010, the Chinese Supreme People's Court announced that evidence obtained through violence or intimidation would be barred from use in criminal trials and death penalty cases. The decision came only weeks after Zhao Zuohai, a man convicted of murder, was released from prison following.... [more]
Taiwan court indicts general for China espionage
May 20, 2011 by Julia Zebley
A military court in Taiwan indicted a one-star general who confessed to spying for China on Friday. General Lo Hsien-che confessed to accepting bribes and divulging state secrets since March 2004. Due to his confession and relinquishment of bribes, the prosecutors plan to seek life in prison.... [more]
China laws limiting death penalty take effect
May 2, 2011 by Matt Glenn
An amendment to Chinese law abolishing the death penalty for 13 crimes passed in February by the standing committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) went into effect on Sunday. The list of crimes for which the death penalty was abolished include non-violent and economic crimes such as tax.... [more]
International death penalty use declining: AI
March 28, 2011 by Michael Haggerson
Use of the death penalty is on the decline across the world, according to a report released Monday by Amnesty International (AI). Excluding China, which keeps its death penalty statistics secret, the number of executions worldwide decreased from 714 in 2009 to 527 in 2010. The report further.... [more]
China drops death penalty for 13 non-violent crimes
February 25, 2011 by John Paul Putney
The standing committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC) on Friday amended the national criminal law to remove 13 offenses from the list of crimes subject to the death penalty. Those removed are non-violent economic crimes and include smuggling cultural relics, precious metals and rare.... [more]
Chinese court sentenced 2 to death over tainted milk scandal [this day at law]
January 22, 2011 by Dwyer Arce
On January 22, 2009, a Chinese court sentenced two people to death and several to life imprisonment for their involvement in the melamine-tainted milk scandal that sickened almost 300,000 children and killed at least six. Tian Wenhua, Chairwoman of the now-bankrupt Sanlu Group, pleaded guilty in.... [more]
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