Amnesty International reports a 53 percent increase in executions globally in 2022, while four new countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes.
The number of recorded executions increased by 53 percent in 2022, according to a new report released by Amnesty International.
A total of 883 people were executed in 19 countries last year, compared with 579 known executions in 2021.
These figures exclude China, where data on the death penalty is classified as a state secret and where Amnesty estimates thousands of executions have been carried out.
