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December 20, 2017

China: 10 Accused Drug Dealers Publicly Sentenced to Death & Executed
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In news from China, human rights groups are sounding the alarm after
authorities in the southern Guangdong province held a public trial for
12 accused drug dealers before sentencing 10 of them to be put to death
immediately. Thousands of residents of the city of Lufeng looked on from
a local sports stadium during Saturday's spectacle, which saw prisoners
paraded through the streets ahead of the executions. It was the third
time that death sentences have been carried out publicly since June.


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