China: Chapter 5: the death penalty

This document is taken from the Amnesty International publication: “China: No one is safe: Political repression and abuse of power in the 1990s” (AI Index: ASA 17/01/96). It details Amnesty International’s concerns regarding the extensive use of the death penalty in China, including concerns about summary trials, execution of political activists, the treatment of prisoners sentenced to death and the use of organs for transplants.

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