London, April 8, 2025 (AFP) - Global executions soar to highest in nine years: Amnesty

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2025-04-08
The number of people known to have been executed last year was the highest in almost a decade, with Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia responsible for most executions, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. A total of 1,518 executions were recorded worldwide in 2024, the most since 2015 when 1,634 people were killed, the rights group said in its annual report on death sentences. The figures represent a 32 percent increase in known executions compared to......
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