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Dec 17, 2018 · Amnesty International’s overall assessment of the use of the death penalty in 2018 indicates that the global trend towards abolishing the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment continues apace, despite regressive steps from a small number of countries.
May 29, 2024 · In our 2018 global review of the death penalty, global executions have fallen by almost one-third last year to the lowest figure in at least a decade. The statistics assess known executions worldwide except in China, where figures thought to be in their thousands remain classified as a state secret. “The dramatic global fall in executions ...
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For the 10th consecutive year, the USAremained the only country to carry out executions in the region. The number of executions (25) and death sentences (45) reported in the US slightly increased compared to 2017. The state of Texas nearly doubled its figure compared to 2017 (from 7 to 13), accounting for just over half of the country’s total. Nebr...
At least 136 executions in nine countries were known to have been carried out throughout the region in 2018, compared to at least 93 in 2017. This increase was mostly due to the rare disclosure of a figure from the authorities of Viet Nam. It does not include the thousands of executions that Amnesty International believed were carried out in China....
At least four executions were recorded in Belarus in 2018, compared to two in 2017. The last time another country in the region carried out executions was in 2005. Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistancontinued to observe moratoriums on executions.
The number of executions recorded by Amnesty International in the Middle East and North Africa region dropped by 41%, from 847 in 2017 to 501 in 2018, the lowest number of executions recorded in the region. Five countries – Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Yemen – were known to have carried out executions, a 50% dropin executing countries. Iran,...
Four countries – Botswana, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan– carried out executions in 2018. A drop in recorded executions in Somalia drove an overall decrease in the region, from 28 in 2017 to 24in 2018, despite an alarming increase in executions in South Sudan. Recorded death sentences reduced from at least 878 in 2017 to at least 212 in 2018. The ...
Dec 14, 2018 · With 25 executions and 42 death sentences expected this year, the use of the death penalty remained near historic lows in 2018, according to a report released today by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC). 2018 marked the fourth consecutive year with fewer than 30 executions and 50 death sentences, reflecting a long-term decline of ...
Apr 10, 2019 · Global death penalty figures. Amnesty International recorded at least 690 executions in 20 countries in 2018, a decrease of 31% compared to 2017 (at least 993). This figure represents the lowest number of executions that Amnesty International has recorded in the past decade.
More than 70% of the world’s countries are considered to have abolished the death penalty. The nearly 30% of countries retaining the death penalty and carrying out executions are found primarily in the Middle East, North Africa, Asia-Pacific, and some states in the United States.
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The Death Penalty Information enter’s 2018 Year End Report was released on December 14, 2018 and received extensive coverage in hundreds of print, online, television, and radio news outlets across the United States and around the world.
