The Amnesty International report indicates that 1,518 people were executed in 2024 in 15 countries, according to the cases they have been able to document. Although the record is held by China, whose ...

Overall, by the end of last year at least 28,670 people were under sentence of death around the world. However, Amnesty’s report also shows that an underlying long-term trend toward reduced use of ...

The report also said that the two main reasons for the spike in the use of capital punishment was down to "countries weaponising the death penalty against protesters" and for "drug-related crimes".

Whatever arguments are used, the journey toward worldwide rejection of capital punishment will not be concluded quickly. But ...