Chinese Executions of Four Canadian Citizens Shines Spotlight on Beijing’s ‘Significant Human Rights Issues’
No one knows for sure how many are executed annually in China, but the number goes into the ‘thousands,’ according to Amnesty International. Many more may have died while being interrogated and tortured, and still more are killed by police.
Four Canadian citizens convicted of drug offenses in China did not have a chance: They were executed with no serious right of appeal. Nor did the Chinese apparently care about pleas for mercy from Canada before the executions or the protests afterward.
“China is a country governed by the rule of law and treats defendants of all nationalities equally,” the Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman, Mao Ning, said in dismissing the outcry after Canada, not China, disclosed the executions.
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