"Global Executions Reach 5-Year High, Iran Leads Spike"
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Amnesty International's annual review reveals that the number of executions globally in 2022 was the highest in five years, with 883 people put to death across 20 countries, marking a rise of 53% compared to 2021. Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt alone carried out 90% of those executions. The figures exclude China, which is thought to execute thousands each year. Amnesty accuses Middle Eastern states of violating international law and demonstrating "a callous disregard for human life."
- Global executions in 2022 at highest rate for five years - Amnesty BBC
- Executions In Iran Drive Global Death-Penalty Spike Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Map: Which countries still have the death penalty? Al Jazeera English
- Amnesty International: Use of death sentences across the world is at its highest in 5 years | WION WION
- 5 more people hanged in Iran after U.N. warns of "frighteningly" high number of executions CBS News
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