Tag: Yang Jia

Update on Urgent Action – Yang Jia (China)

Oct 26, 2008

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joanne

in China, Death penalty, Urgent Action

24 October 2008 Further Information on UA 246/08 (5 September 2008) – Death penalty (PDF) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA – Yang Jia (m), aged 28 Yang Jia’s appeal against his death sentence was rejected by the Shanghai Higher People’s Court on 20 October. The Supreme People’s Court reviews all death sentences, and if it ratifies…