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Globally in 2023, the number of people put to death jumped by 30%, making it the deadliest year in nearly a decade, according to a report released Tuesday by Amnesty International.
none since independence on 27 June 1977 [15] C DR Congo: 2003 [16] unnamed soldier firearm: D Egypt: 26 December 2024 [17] Sayed Adel murder: hanging: C Equatorial Guinea: January 2014 [18] 9 unnamed people firearm: C Eritrea: none since independence in May 1993 C Eswatini: 2 July 1983 [4] Philippa Mdluli murder: hanging: C Ethiopia: 6 August ...
As of 2022, 36 of the 40 countries and territories that are classified by the IMF as developed countries (advanced economies), including China's Special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau [41] have completely abolished the death penalty. Only the United States, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan retain the death penalty for ordinary crimes ...
Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act H.R. 262: January 11, 2021 Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) 79 Died in Committee. Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act S. 582: March 3, 2021 Richard Durbin (D-IL) 20 Died in Committee. 118th Congress: Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2023 H.R. 1124: February 21, 2023 Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) 27
August 3, 2023 James Phillip Barnes: 61 26 35 Florida [22] 18 September 21, 2023 Anthony Castillo Sanchez: 44 18 26 Hispanic Oklahoma [23] 19 October 3, 2023 Michael Duane Zack III: 54 27 27 White Florida [24] 20 October 10, 2023 Jedidiah Isaac Murphy: 48 25 23 Texas [25] 21 November 9, 2023 Brent Ray Brewer: 53 19 34 [26] 22 November 16, 2023
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Amnesty International's Interim Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Rawya Rageh, criticized Kuwait's execution of five individuals, including one for a drug-related offense, as a return to executions with "vigour," urging the establishment of a moratorium on executions towards abolishing the death penalty.
A Conspiracy of Hope was a short tour of six benefit concerts on behalf of Amnesty International that took place in the United States during June 1986. The purpose of the tour was not to raise funds but rather to increase awareness of human rights and of Amnesty's work on its 25th anniversary.