Wo Weihan, a 59-year-old medical scientist who was found guilty ofspying for Taiwan, was executed in China on Friday. His daughters andhis son-in-law describe how ...
On 2 December 2008, the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal (SICT) sentenced two senior former officials in Saddam Hussain’s government to death. ‘Ali Hassan al-Majid ...
Yang Jia was executed on 26 November 2008 after the Supreme People's Court approved his sentence on 21 November. According to news reports, his family had been ...
On 20 November 2008 the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly adopted by a large majority a second draft resolution (A/C.3/63/L.19/Rev.1) on moratorium ...
Amnesty International invited the world to call on the Chinese government to deliver a positive and lasting human rights legacy for the Beijing Olympics.
Falun Gong practitioner Xu Na is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. She was sentenced to three years in prison on 25 November for ‘crimes’ related to her ...
The execution of a Chinese scientist on Friday is the latest in aseries of executions that are going against the global trend towards amoratorium on the death penalty ...
Wo Weihan was executed by shooting in Beijing on the morning of 28 November 2008. His family was allowed to meet with him at the Beijing No 2 Intermediate People ...
On 23 October 2008, a council of Supreme Court judges confirmed the death sentences of nine people found guilty of the murder of newspaper editor Mohamed Taha, ...
