There has been an alarming increase in the use of the death penalty in China in 1990. Amnesty International has recorded more than 960 death sentences during the year but it believes the true number may be much higher. At least 750 executions were reported.

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The six prisoners named above are all reported to be in ill-health, some as a result of earlier ill-treatment or torture. They are, apparently, without access to adequate medical attention. Three have been adopted by AI as prisoners of conscience; the status of the others is being investigated....

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