The Number of State Executions Around The World has reached Its Highest Level in Ten Years, A New Report by Amnesty International Has Said.
More than 1,500 recorded executions in Place 2024 With Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia Accounting A Combined 1,380 and The United States for 25, The Charity Found.
Despite this Rise, The Report Also Found That CareTries Carrying Out The Death Penalty Stood 15 – The Lowest Number on the Record for The Second consecutive Year.
Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnes Callamard Said The Capital Punishment Punishment, Adding That’s A Matter Of The Time Until The World Is Free The Shadow of The Gallows “.
While These Figures Are The Highest Those 2015 – When Least 1.634 People Were Subject to The Death Penalty – The True Overall Figure Is Likely to Be Higher.
Amnesty International Says The Figure Does Not included in China, which believes Carries Out Thousands of Executions EACH Year. North Korea and Vietnam Are Also Not included.
Date on The Use of The Death Penalty is classified as a state second in China and Vietnam, Meaning That The Charity has been unable to Access Statistics.
Other obstacles, Such as restrictive state practices or ongoing crises in Gaza and Syria, Meant That Little or No Information Was For Those Available.
The Report, Entitled Death Sentences and Executions 2024, Cited That Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia Were Responsible For The Overall Rise in Known Executions.
Iraq Almost Quadrupled at Least at Least 16 to Least 63, While Saudi Arabia Doubled ITS Yearly Total 172 to Least 345.
Executions in Iran Rose from Least 853 in 2023 to Least 972 in 2024.
The Report Also That The Two Main Reasons For The Use of The Use of Capital Punishment Was Down to the “Countries Weaponising The Death Penalty Against Protesters” And for “Drug-Related Crimes”.
The Charity Found That More than 40% of Executions in 2024 Were Carried Out Offers, which It Said Was Under Unlawful Under Human Rights Law.
In 2024, Zimbabwe Signed Bill That Abolished Penalty And, Since September 2024, The World has Seen Two Cases Where Death Row Inmates in Japan and The Us Have Be Acitted and Granted Clemency Respectively.
The Charity Also Said More Than Two Thirds of All UN Member States Voted in A Moratorium on The Use of The Death Penalty Last Year.
