News (Media Awareness Project) - China: China Executes 71 People in One Day |
| Title: | China: China Executes 71 People in One Day |
| Published On: | 1999-06-26 |
| Source: | San Francisco Chronicle (CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-06 03:17:33 |
CHINA EXECUTES 71 PEOPLE IN ONE DAY
BEIJING - Firing squads put at least 71 people to death for drug
trafficking yesterday in China's annual barrage of executions to mark the
United Nations anti-drug day, state media reported.
In all, at least 98 people have been executed or sentenced to death
nationwide in recent days ahead of today's International Day Against Drug
Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, according to state media reports.
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights opposes the death penalty and
has called for an end to executions worldwide.
BEIJING - Firing squads put at least 71 people to death for drug
trafficking yesterday in China's annual barrage of executions to mark the
United Nations anti-drug day, state media reported.
In all, at least 98 people have been executed or sentenced to death
nationwide in recent days ahead of today's International Day Against Drug
Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, according to state media reports.
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights opposes the death penalty and
has called for an end to executions worldwide.
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