Question: According to the report released on the death penalty by the London-based International Human Rights Organization “Amnesty International”, the highest death penalty was awarded in China in the year 2017. Which of the given countries is at the second place is-
(a) Iraq
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) Iran
(d) Pakistan
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- On April 12th, 2018, the report on death penalty The Death Penalty in 2017: Facts and Figures was released by Amnesty International, a London-based international human rights watchdog.
- According to the report, highest death penalty in the year 2017 has been awarded by the China.
- This was followed by hanging in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan respectively.
- Except China, 84 percent of the death penalty was given in these four countries i.e. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan.
- According to this in 2017, 993 people were awarded death sentence in 23 countries.
- This shows a 4 percent decrease in the death sentence awarded in the year 2016.
- In year 2016, 1032 people were sentenced to death in 23 countries.
- While there has been a decrease of 39 percent on the global scale since 2015, (When the organization reported the highest conviction for hanging 1634 people since 1989)
- There is no figure of China in this, which keeps it confidential.
- Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates (UAE) resumed the death penalty in 2017.
- In the year 2017, two countries – Guinea and Mongolia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in the law.
- At the end of the year 2017, 106 countries (most of the world’s states) had abolished the death penalty for all crimes and 142 countries (more than two-thirds) ended the death sentence in law or practice.
Reference:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/04/death-penalty-facts-and-figures-2017/