Saudi Arabia also highlighted in Amnesty report revealing ‘profoundly disturbing’ rise in global utilize of capital punishment
Iran executed nearly 1000 people final year,while executions in Pakistan were the highest ever recorded, according to an Amnesty International report that charts a dramatic rise in the numbers of those put to death around the world, or reaching a quarter-century high. Amnesty’s annual review of capital punishment found that at least 1634 people were executed in 2015,a rise of 54% on the year before and the highest number the human rights organisation has recorded since 1989. Actual figures are likely to be much higher, it says.
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Source: theguardian.com