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As of July 2022, the most recent countries to outlaw the death penalty are Kazakhstan and Papua New Guinea, whose laws abolishing capital punishment went into effect on 29 Dec 2021, and 22 Jan 2022 respectively. Malaysia is expected to follow suit later in 2022.
- Incarceration Rates by Country 2023
Mass incarceration can also lead to several logistical...
- Incarceration Rates by Country 2023
China is the world's most active user of the death penalty; according to Amnesty International, China executes more people than the rest of the world combined, each year; [21] but the death penalty for all crimes do not apply to the two special administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macau.
14 wrz 2023 · All data is from Amnesty International’s 2023 report on the global status of the death penalty. Below, find Amnesty International’s definitions, and the language ProCon has used to conform to site standards, followed by a list of each country and the status of the death penalty therein.
Five countries - Bahrain, Comoros, Laos, Niger and South Korea - sentenced people to death in 2022, having not used the death penalty for several years.
Explore an interactive map showcasing the status of death penalties and executions worldwide.
16 maj 2023 · Some 90 percent of the world’s known executions outside China were carried out in just three countries: Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. In Iran, recorded executions increased from 314 in...
The five countries with the highest number of executions in 2023 were China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and the USA. Iran alone accounted for 74% of all recorded executions while Saudi Arabia accounted for 15%. Somalia and the USA carried out an increased number of executions in 2023.
