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Nearly 900 people were executed in 2022 in 20 countries, a record level since 2017, criticizes Amnesty International in its annual report on the death penalty, denouncing the “murderous frenzy” of certain countries.
The human rights organization counted 883 people executed in 20 countries in 2022, an increase of 53% compared to the previous year.
“This skyrocketing number of executions, which does not take into account the thousands more that probably took place in China last year, is due above all to countries in the Middle East and North Africa, where the numbers recorded have increased from 520 in 2021 to 825 in 2022,” notes Amnesty International.
Amnesty International points out that the total number of executions worldwide in 2022 was in fact “significantly higher”, because “the secrecy surrounding the use of the death penalty still prevented it from being accurately assessed in several countries, such as the China, North Korea and Vietnam”.
