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6. Iraq (34) 2007: In 2007, a minimum of 1,252 people were executed in 24 countries and at least 3,347 people were sentenced to death in over 50 countries. Just five countries – China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the USA – carried out the overwhelming majority (88%) of known executions in the world last year.
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Download The Report. A total of 1,153 executions took place in 2023, which does not include the thousands believed to have been carried out in China, marking an increase of more than 30% from 2022. It was the highest figure recorded by Amnesty International since 2015, when 1,634 people were known to have been executed.
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For the 14th consecutive year, the USA remained the only country in the region to carry out executions. The number of executions carried out in the USA increased by 64%, rising from 11 in 2021 to 18 in 2022. Outgoing Governor of Oregon Kate Brown commuted all remaining death sentences in the state. For the sixth consecutive year, Guyana, Trinidad a...
In Asia-Pacific, eight countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Japan, Myanmar, North Korea, Singapore and Viet Nam) are known to have carried out executions in 2022, an increase from five in 2021. The number of new death sentences recorded regionally increased by 5% from 819 in 2021 to 861 in 2022. Military authorities carried out the first exec...
Belarus carried out one execution in 2022. It was the only country in Europe and Central Asia to do so. Kazakhstan abolished the death penalty for all crimes and ratified a key UN treaty on abolition. Russia and Tajikistan continued to observe moratoriums on executions.
The number of executions recorded in the Middle East and North Africa region increased by 59%, rising from 520 in 2021 to 825 in 2022. 94% of executions recorded in the region were carried out in Iran (70%) and Saudi Arabia (24%). Executions resumed in Kuwait and the State of Palestine for the first time since 2017. Recorded death sentences in the ...
Recorded executions in the region decreased by 67%, from 33 in 2021 to 11in 2022. The only known executions were recorded in Somalia and South Sudan. Recorded death sentences fell by 20%, from 373 in 2021 to 298 in 2022. Death sentences were recorded in 16 countries in 2022, compared to 19 in 2021. Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic abol...
May 24, 2022 · For the second consecutive year, the number of countries known to have executed people was the lowest the organization has recorded. In 2019, 2020 and 2021 Amnesty International recorded 657, 483 and 579 executions respectively. In July, Sierra Leone’s parliament unanimously adopted an Act which abolishes the death penalty for all crimes.
Last year saw a worrying rise in executions and death sentences in some countries after earlier Covid-19 restrictions were removed from courts. Amnesty’s Report, Death Sentences and Executions 2021 , is an authoritative annual survey on the death penalty and shows that at least 579 executions were known to have been carried out in 18 countries last year , a 20% increase on the recorded ...
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May 18, 2023 · The number of people known to have been executed around the world rose in 2022 to 883 people, including 13 women, in 20 countries, up from 579 in 18 countries the previous year. It is the highest figure recorded since 2017, according to a report by Amnesty International.1 The increase was driven primarily by sharp rises in the number of people executed in Iran and Saudi Arabia, two countries ...
