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[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 14 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

China just executed a number of Canadians. Don't rely on large immovable hierarchies of power to deliver anything resembling justice.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

China just executed a number of Canadians

I'm not aware of this, could you please share a source?

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Sure

https://thewalrus.ca/canadians-killed-in-china/

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5334313/china-canada-executions

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c204ywyl4kvo

It came up in the new feed on the fediverse a lot recently. But I think it got regularly buried by the people who defend and glaze China constantly. Yes they were accused of drug crimes. The death penalty isn't a deterrent. As long as the underpinning social problems exist, someone will always rush to refill the gap. Not to mention China's courts are as corrupt and big a joke as any in the west. Rehabilitation would have been the correct answer. Barring that, China could have just stripped them of citizenship and denied them re-entry. Turning them over to Canada as Canada wanted.

[–] marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Why were they executed again?

Oh yeah, crimes that also have the death penalty in Canada

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 hours ago

Because we're looking at stopping far worse from the US. There are less bad routes to progress.