China: The death penalty in China: breaking records, breaking rules

رقم الوثيقة: ASA 17/038/1997
تاريخ النشر: 31 يوليو 1997
التصنيفات: آسيا والباسيفك, الصين

In China last year, approximately 17 people were sentenced to death each day, every day of the year. This report examines the record versus the rhetoric in 1996. It examines the death penalty in practice during this year's "Strike Hard Anti-Crime Campaign" which highlights legal inadequacies and institutionalized abuses long discussed by domestic critics.