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China: Death Penalty Worldwide Archived 27 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine Academic research database on the laws, practice, and statistics of capital punishment for every death penalty country in the world.
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice. The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
"China's Death Penalty: Reforms on Capital Punishment (EAI Background Brief No. 412" (PDF). East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.
The US carried out 24 death sentences last year with only China (1,000+ executions), Iran (853+), Saudi Arabia (172), and Somalia (38+) using the death penalty more often.
On Tuesday, Amnesty International released both its 2016 worldwide report on the death penalty and the findings of an investigation into that matter. Amnesty International calls on China to ...
Capital Punishment was abolished for political crimes in 1852, civil crimes in 1867 and war crimes in 1911. [372] In 1916, capital punishment was reinstated only for military offenses that occurred in a war against a foreign country and in the theater of war. [373] Capital punishment was completely abolished again in 1976. [374] Romania: 1989 ...
20th-century executions by China (59 P) 21st-century executions by China (56 P) B. People executed by China by burning (2 P) D.
Sun Pingļ¼an official from China's Ministry of Public Security, told reporters in Beijing the maximum penalty for the "crime of secession" was the death penalty. "The sharp sword of legal action ...