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French say Iranian woman not to be hanged (Update)

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:41:14 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 14:30 / France’s foreign minister says he has been assured by his Iranian counterpart the Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman whose death sentence by stoning was suspended by authorities, will not be hanged as widely reported earlier today, according to Reuters. Ashtiani’s case has continued to draw international attention. Reports coming out of [...]

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China executes Briton condemned for drugs

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:44:57 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The British government has confirmed that China executed Akmal Shaikh, a British citizen, for drug smuggling. The man was considered by his family and the government to be mentally unstable but China ignored a request from Gordon Brown, British prime minister, to treat him with clemency. Official Chinese news agency Xinhua says the country’s Supreme [...]

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China’s high court condemns mentally ill Brit

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:35:04 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The British government says that it is “alarmed and deeply concerned” by the Chinese high court’s decision to execute British citizen Akmal Shaikh, age 53, accused of smuggling heroin. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s request 21 December to reprieve the man appears to have been turned down, with a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson saying at [...]

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China sentences five to death for riots

Sean Ecker — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:43:04 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Five people were sentenced to death in Urumqi, in the far western province of Xinjiang Thursday 3 December. The men were accused of murdering a police officer and killing bystanders during the worst ethnic riots in China in July. The riots erupted when ethnic Uighurs rampaged through the city, killing up to 200 ethnic Han [...]

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US quiet on Chinese death penalties

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:09:01 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The US, which has in the past been outspoken about human rights violations in China, has made no official comment on the 15 October death sentences handed out in China. The sentences were given to people convicted of murder following the riots in Urumqi, Xinjiang province, in July 2009. Nearly 200 people died and an [...]