Death penalty

Abolishing the Death Penalty

The use of the death penalty always carries the risk of an unsafe conviction and a miscarriage of justice.Read more

For Nie Shubin the decision of China's Supreme Court was 21 years too late.Read more

An effective defence can be a matter of life or death if you are facing the death penalty.Read more

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Restricting access to lawyers is justice denied.

The Rights Practice submits a report for this autumn's UN review of China's human rights record.

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