China executes around 4,000 people a year, the most in the world but half the number it did before ordering Supreme Court reviews of all death penalty cases in 2007, a U.S. human rights group said Tuesday.
Chinese officials revealed the decline in executions during a seminar with United Nations officials and international experts in the eastern city of Hangzhou earlier this month, the San Francisco-based Dui Hua foundation said in a statment.
The group said the Chinese officials refused to say how many people were put to death annually but revealed the number fell 50 percent after 2007. In 2006, state media and Dui Hua estimated there were 8,000 executions a year.
The government says it is trying to ensure the death penalty is used less often and for only the most serious criminal cases. Full story...
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Chinese officials revealed the decline in executions during a seminar with United Nations officials and international experts in the eastern city of Hangzhou earlier this month, the San Francisco-based Dui Hua foundation said in a statment.
The group said the Chinese officials refused to say how many people were put to death annually but revealed the number fell 50 percent after 2007. In 2006, state media and Dui Hua estimated there were 8,000 executions a year.
The government says it is trying to ensure the death penalty is used less often and for only the most serious criminal cases. Full story...
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