Punishments for actively supporting Taiwan's independence include 10 years and up in prison or the death penalty, China's top legal bodies said.

President Donald Trump praised China’s death penalty for drug dealers, Monday, though he added he doesn’t know if the United States “is ready” for similar sentences. “Criminal in China for drugs by ...

Because of the duties of his job as a human rights lawyer in China, Teng Biao was forced to endure more than five years of harassment and eventually torture at the hands of his home government. After ...

A Chinese court was expected to hold a hearing Thursday on a Canadian man's appeal against a death sentence for drug smuggling in a case that has deepened a diplomatic spat between Beijing and Ottawa.

In Latin America, where the death penalty is all but abolished, the issue occasionally resurfaces in public debate. Some advocate for its reinstatement, arguing that harsh punishment is necessary to ...