Monday, August 25, 2014

China executes 8 for separatist violence and related crimes

[JURIST] Chinese officials in the western region of Xinjiang [official website, in Chinese] executed eight individuals charged with terrorism- and separatism-related crimes on Saturday. According to a press release by China's state-run news agency, the execution was conducted with approval [Xinhua report] by the Supreme People's Court [official website, in Chinese]. Three of the executed individuals were sentenced during a mass trial [JURIST report] in May, in which 55 people were sentenced for terrorism-related charges before a crowd of more...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/08/china-executes-8-for-separatist-violence-and-related-crimes.php

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