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London, United Kingdom – Executions around the world rose to their highest number in nearly a decade in 2023, with a sharp rise in the Middle East, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
The figures did not include the “thousands of people” allegedly executed in China, as well as other executions believed to have taken place in North Korea and Vietnam, where there was a lack of data. Iranian authorities “ramped up executions for drug-related offences”, with the penalty disproportionately affecting marginalised communities, Amnesty’s global chief Agnes Callamard said.
“A select number of US states demonstrated a chilling commitment to the death penalty,” Callamard said.
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