The threat of punishment for ... crisis is unlikely in China soon. State control of the banking system means the government ...

As far back as the Ancient Laws of China, the death penalty has been ... During the middle ages, capital punishment was accompanied by torture. Most barons had a drowning pit as well as gallows ...

A joint report released on Thursday by Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and French group Together Against the Death ...

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the country's top securities regulator, on Friday reaffirmed its zero-tolerance towards illegal operations in the capital market, and pledged to ...

The government has retained capital punishment partly based on its opinion polls. The one conducted in 2019 found that more than 80 percent of respondents said the death penalty is “unavoidable.” ...

This was a key attitude behind capital and corporal punishment from the 16th to the 19th centuries and led to different punishments for different types of crime. All punishments gave retribution ...