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AMNESTY: GLOBAL EXECUTIONS FELL BY NEARLY A THIRD LAST YEAR

April 10, 2019: Global executions fell dramatically by almost a third (31%) last year to the lowest figure for at least a decade, Amnesty International said in its annual global review of the death penalty.
The findings - contained in a new 54-page Amnesty report, Death Sentences and Executions 2018 - also show that there was a 50% drop in executions in Iran (where use of the death penalty is rife) following a change to its anti-drugs laws. Iraq, Pakistan and Somalia also saw significant reductions in executions.
As a result, overall in 2018 execution figures fell globally from 993 (the known minimum figure) in 2017, to at least 690 (again, the known minimum figure) in 2018.
However, these statistics do not include China - the world’s largest executioner where thousands are believed to be put to death every year - because the Chinese authorities refuse to release information on capital punishment and all data is classified as a state secret.
Amnesty’s report - which comes amid a global outcry over Brunei’s introduction of a penal code allowing death-by-stoning for same-sex sexual acts - shows that there were executions in 20 countries during 2018:
China (believed to be 1,000s), Iran (253+), Saudi Arabia (149), Vietnam (85+), Iraq (52+), Egypt (43+), USA (25), Japan (15), Pakistan (14+), Singapore (13), Somalia (13), South Sudan (7+), Belarus (4+), Yemen (4+), Afghanistan (3), Botswana (2), Sudan (2), Taiwan (1), Thailand (1), North Korea (an unknown number). Many countries do not release official information on capital punishment and several countries are thought to have executed many more than the minimum figures compiled here (indicated by a “+” symbol). (Sources: amnesty.org.uk, 10/04/2019)

CHINA: ZHANG KOUKOU'S DEATH PENALTY SENTENCE UPHELD AFTER SECOND TRIAL
INDONESIA: TWO MEMBERS OF DRUG GANG GET DEATH FOR MURDERING FAMILY OF SIX IN MAKASSAR
IRAN: MAN HANGED AT GORGAN PRISON
NORTH KOREA: PUBLIC EXECUTIONS STAGED TO STRENGTHEN ‘SOCIAL ORDER’
JORDAN: KILLER OF WIFE IN ZARQA SENTENCED TO HANG
PAKISTAN: DEATH CONVICT HANGED IN MIANWALI CENTRAL JAIL
BANGLADESH: 4 TO DIE IN NATORE BCL ACTIVIST KILLING
BANGLADESH: MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING WIFE IN BARGUNA
IRAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BASED SOLELY ON QASAMEH
UAE: DEATH PENALTY TO MURDERER AFTER CLAIMING MENTAL ILLNESS
IRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF 3 UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
UAE: 8 ALLEGED MURDERERS TO PAY DH 200,000 BLOOD MONEY
IRAQ: ALLEGED ISIS LAWYER SENTENCED TO DEATH
CLOSING OF THE NATIONAL SEMINAR ON ‘MODERNIZING PENAL LEGISLATION IN EGYPT’ BY AGREEING TO CONTINUE THE COMMUNITY DIALOGUE AND ADOPT THE OUTPUTS
EGYPT: COURT RECOMMENDS DEATH PENALTY FOR 7 OVER 2016 GIZA HOTEL ATTACK
ZIMBABWE: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING LOVER
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DUAL MURDER CASE IN OKARA
INDIA: SERIAL KILLER MOHAN KUMAR CONVICTED IN TWO MORE CASES, AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
NIGERIA: ONDO STATE GOVERNOR AKEREDOLU WILL SIGN DEATH WARRANT OF CONVICTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS WIFE A MONTH AFTER THEIR WEDDING
UAE: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING COUSIN OVER DH400
SOMALIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE, MURDER OF GIRL
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE, MURDER OF TWO-YEAR-OLD IN KOLKATA
EGYPT: POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING CHRISTIAN FATHER AND SON
SAUDI ARABIA: FOUR PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
ZIMBABWE: 61% AGAINST AND 41% FOR THE DEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAB SAYS IT EXECUTED 4 ACCUSED SPIES
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NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES FOUR TO DEATH BY HANGING IN DELTA
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