Press Release - Spike in recorded executions in Iran leads to highest number of recorded executions since 2015 In sub-Saharan Africa, recorded executions more than tripled and recorded death sentences increased by 66% Somalia was the only country known to have carried out executions in the...
Africa : Death Penalty 2023 - Executions More Than Tripled in Sub-Saharan Africa , As Global Executions Soar to Highest Number in Almost a DecadeIn sub-Saharan Africa , recorded executions more than tripled and recorded death sentences increased by 66%Recorded executions soared to their highest number in almost a decade in 2023 with a sharp rise across the Middle East and in Somalia, where executions increased by more than six times, Amnesty International said today as it released itsGlobally, a...
"Recorded executions in sub-Saharan Africa more than tripled from 11 in 2022 to 38 in 2023, although all of them were recorded in one single country - Somalia.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, Amnesty International recorded death sentences in 14 countries, two countries fewer than recorded in the previous year. Compared to 2022, there were increases in recorded death sentences in the following countries: Cameroon ; Ethiopia ; Ghana ; Kenya ; Mali ; Niger ; Nigeria ; Somalia ; and Zimbabwe .
"At the end of 2023, bills to repeal this cruel punishment were pending in the parliaments of Kenya, Liberia and Zimbabwe providing renewed hope that it is just a matter of time before the world completely gets rid of the death penalty,"Due to state secrecy, Amnesty's numbers do not include the thousands of people believed to have been executed in China, which remains the world's lead executioner.
Executions were recorded in 16 countries, the lowest number recorded by Amnesty International. No executions were recorded in Belarus, Japan, Myanmar and South Sudan, all of which carried out executions in 2022.
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