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May 29, 2024 · The five countries with the highest number of executions in 2023 were China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and the USA. Iran alone accounted for 74% of all recorded executions while Saudi Arabia accounted for 15%. Somalia and the USA carried out an increased number of executions in 2023. There was a 20% increase in the number of death sentences ...
May 29, 2024 · In 2023, the sub-Saharan Africa region experienced a setback following progress made against the death penalty in the previous year. There was a surge in both recorded executions and recorded death sentences in the region in 2023, and no country has abolished the death penalty since 2022.
In Turkey, capital punishment was fully abolished in 2004 for all crimes. In 2018, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his right-wing government coalition partners agreed to a proposal that could see the death penalty restored in Turkey against anyone sentenced for terrorism.
May 28, 2024 · The number of executions recorded globally in 2023 was the highest for eight years, as some Middle Eastern states sharply increased their use of the death penalty, Amnesty International says.
Iran maintains a mandatory death penalty for possession of certain types and quantities of drugs – with the number of executions recorded for drug-related offenses rising more than five-fold to 132 in 2021 from 23 the previous year.
Apr 28, 2022 · People protested against Iran's use of the death penalty at an event in London last October. Executions in Iran rose alarmingly by 25% last year and surged after hardline cleric Ebrahim...
Jan 24, 2024 · I am alarmed by the sharp spike in the use of the death penalty in Iran, including the executions of two men on 23 January. At least 54 people have reportedly been put to death in the country so far this year.
