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International. Executions Around the World. 2022. Amnesty International recorded at least 883 executions in 20 countries – a 53% increase from the 579 executions in 18 countries in 2021 – marking the highest total since 2017.
16. Mai 2023 · Amnesty International recorded 883 executions in 20 countries in 2022, marking a 53% increase from 579 recorded in 2021. This figure represents the highest number of executions that Amnesty International has recorded in the past five years (since 2017, when 993 executions were recorded).
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
All 11of the recorded executions in 2021 took place in the USA. The rest of the Americas region remained execution-free for the 13th consecutive year. 25 new death sentences were handed down in three countries: USA, Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago. Virginia became the 23rd abolitionist state in the USA and first southern state to have abolished the de...
Amnesty International recorded executions in five countries—Bangladesh, China, Japan, North Korea and Viet Nam—the lowest number in more than two decades. At least 819new death sentences were handed down in 16 countries, a rise of 58% compared to 2020 (517), largely linked to increases in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan and Viet Nam. After a...
Amnesty International recorded one execution and one new death sentence, both in Belarus,which remains the only country in the region carrying out executions. Kazakhstansigned into law a bill abolishing the death penalty for all crimes. Armeniabecame a state party to a key international treaty on abolition of the death penalty. The Russian Federati...
520 executions were recorded in seven countries–Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen – an increase of 19% on 2020. Recorded executions in Iraqmore than halved, from 45 to 17, though this may have been the result of a slowdown in the executive approvals of death sentences due to the political turmoil that the state ...
The number of executions, recorded in 3 countries, more than doubled to 33, as a result of rises in Somalia and South Sudan. The other country to carry out executions was Botswana. At least 373 new death sentences were handed down in 19 countries, an increase of 22%, due to sharp rises in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mauritania, and des...
16. Mai 2023 · Egypt. While Egypt ranks as the third highest recorded executioner, its 24 figure is a 71% drop compared to 2021, when 83 people were executed. But the nation imposed 538 death sentences in 2022,...
Amnesty International recorded 883 executions in 20 countries in 2022, marking a 53% increase from 579 recorded in 2021. This figure represents the highest number of executions that Amnesty International has recorded in the past five years (since 2017, when 993 executions were recorded).
16. Mai 2023 · Report Highlights. Recorded executions skyrocketed to the highest figure in five years. China remained the world’s leading executioner. Outside of China, just three countries carried out 90% of the world’s known executions: Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. Six countries abolished the death penalty either fully or partially. VIEW report (pdf)
16. Mai 2023 · The number of executions recorded globally in 2022 was the highest in five years, as several Middle Eastern states ramped up their use of the death penalty, Amnesty International says. A total of...
