Which countries apply the death penalty the most in the world?

Various human rights organizations, including the office of the ONOR for this matter, they have focused their gaze with concern on Middle East during these last days due to the wave of executions that are taking place there.

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On May 9, the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, issued a statement warning that the Islamic Republic of Iran had executed at least 209 people so far this year.

This represents an average of 10 death penalty applications per week in Iran.

In this regard, the representative of the United Nations demanded that Tehran put an end to the “terrifying” number of sentences that currently make it “one of the largest executors in the world”, and aligns with the “growing consensus in favor of the universal abolition of the death penalty”.

But the Islamic republic is not the only case in the Middle East that concerns human rights defenders these days.

This Monday the 15th, a Saudi citizen was executed in the capital of the kingdom, Riyadh, accused of having “founded a terrorist cell”.

With such execution, Saudi Arabia adds a total of 22 death sentences applied since the beginning of 2023.

The Arab kingdom maintains this type of punishment for those who commit crimes such as murder, drug trafficking, sodomy or terrorism, although this last charge is especially controversial since it has been shown that not much evidence is needed to support the accusations to carry out the death sentences. .

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According to the report on the death penalty in 2021, prepared by the human rights organization Amnesty International -the most recent to date-, some 144 countries have abolished the death penalty in their legislature or in practicewhile 55 other countries still have it.

In addition, 2021 was the second year with the fewest executions in the world since 2010. However, showed an increase of 20% compared to 2020which raises fears that this trend will begin to rise in subsequent reports.

In this infographic produced by Trade Find out how many executions have been recorded in the world in recent years, what methods are applied and which are the countries that apply the death penalty the most.

Source: Elcomercio

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