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Mentally ill Briton faces execution in China

A mentally ill British man could be executed in China within days, after the country's foreign ministry said today his appeal against the death penalty for drug smuggling had been rejected.Lawyers for Akmal Shaikh, a 53-year-old father of five from... ...full story at Guardian Unlimited

from Guardian Unlimited on Tue, Oct 13 2009

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12 Oct 09		Wrong man, wrong place, wrong time » Danwei Blood & Treasure relays and comments on an Observer article about Akmal Shaikh, a British man facing execution in China for drug smuggling: Shaikh, who is said to be severely mentally ill, will become the first British citizen to be executed in...
14 Oct 09		Death penalty on British drug dealer in line with Chinese law: spokesman » People's Daily Chinese court's sentence of death penalty on a British drug trafficker is in line with Chinese laws, said a spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday. Akmal Shaikh, 53, male, was sentenced to death in the first instance trial by...
17 Oct 09		Briton loses last appeal over his death sentence in drug case » Shanghai Daily BRITISH drug trafficker Akmal Shaikh lost his final appeal against a death sentence in Beijing last week, and despite opposition from the United Kingdom, legal experts say the sentence is in line with Chinese law. ...
16 Oct 09		British drug trafficker subject to Chinese laws: experts, observers » People's Daily As 53-year-old British drug trafficker Akmal Shaikh lost his final appeal against a death sentence here last week, law experts in China have said the sentence is in line with Chinese laws despite opposition from the United Kingdom. Shaikh's final...
21 Jul 07		Mentally ill man wounds 18 kids in Guangdong » Shanghai Daily A MENTALLY ill man wielding a wrench entered a kindergarten in southern China, wounding 18 children and a teacher before fleeing on a motorcycle and trying to stab himself to death, state media reported today.

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