China. China Executes 10 People for Non-Violent Drug Offences
China. China Executes 10 People for Non-Violent Drug Offences
Chinese authorities have executed ten people for non-violent drug offences immediately after a public sentencing hearing.
On 23 June, the group – who had been convicted of drug trafficking offences earlier this year – lost their appeal against their death sentences, and were swiftly killed by the state. According to China Daily, all ten people were convicted of producing, owning, and trafficking large quantities of illegal drugs in the appeal trial. The hearing took place in public in the city of Lufeng - in Guangdong province, a coastal region in the southeast of the country. (Talking Drugs, UK, 25.06.2018)
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