China reveals executions are on the increase
Chinese authorities have announced the country has executed or
jailed for life more than three quarters of a million people in the past
five years.
The President of the country's highest court today told the National
People Congress, China has condemned to death or jailed for life 819,000
people over the past five years.
That is a 25 per cent increase over official figures for the previous
five years.
Human rights organisations claim China annually executes more prisoners
than all other countries put together.
It was also announced today that 3.2 million people in China were also
punished for various crimes over the same five-year period.
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