Mark Allison

We urge the Supreme People's Court to conduct an immediate review of this decision with a view to overturning it. read more

We urge the Supreme People's Court to conduct an immediate review of this decision with a view to overturning it. Extending the death penalty to cover more crimes goes against the international trend towards abolition.

We welcome moves towards reforms such as these, but it remains to be seen whether they will lead to better read more

We welcome moves towards reforms such as these, but it remains to be seen whether they will lead to better quality trials and a significant reduction in the number of people sentenced to death. Whatever their impact, they must not be seen as a substitute for more wide-ranging reforms aimed at the complete abolition of the death penalty in China.