Question: According to the report for year 2016 on the death penalty released by International Human Rights
rganization- Amnesty International, which one of the following countries is the world’s top executioner?
(a) Iran
(b) Pakistan
(c) China
(d) Saudi Arabia
Answer- (c)
Related facts:
- On April 11th, 2017, the International Human Rights Organization Amnesty International released the Report on Death Penalty (Death Sentences and Executions 2016).
- According to the report, the most executions took place in China in year 2016 followed by Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan.
- Excluding China, 87% of all executions took place in last four countries.
- At least 1,032 people were executed in 23 countries in 2016, while the figure in year 2015 was 1634 in 25 countries.
- A 37% reduction in death penalty seems at the global scale, while true extent of the use of the death penalty in China is unknown as this data is treated as a state secret.
- For the first time since 2006, the USA was not one of the five biggest executioners, falling to seventh behind Egypt.
- Belarus, Botswana, Nigeria and authorities within the State of Palestine resumed executions in 2016.
- In 2016, two countries Benin and Nauru abolished the death penalty in law for all crimes.
- In total, 104 countries in the world have abolished the death penalty.
Reference:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/04/death-penalty-2016-facts-and-figures/
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/04/China-must-come-clean-about-capital-punishment/