Global use of death penalty at highest rate for five years

More than a third of recorded executions were for drugs offences, a clear breach of international law
Iran carried out a colossal 576 executions and Saudi Arabia 196, its highest number in 30 years, while China, where death penalty data is kept secret, is thought to have executed thousands
At least 28,282 people were under sentence of death at the end of 2022
‘James Cleverly should unequivocally call on the Chinese authorities to publish official data on China’s massive use of the death pena...

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