{"id":119239,"date":"2016-04-09T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T08:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=119239"},"modified":"2016-04-09T09:51:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T07:51:06","slug":"these-are-the-countries-that-still-sentence-their-criminals-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/119239\/these-are-the-countries-that-still-sentence-their-criminals-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the countries that still sentence criminals to death"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest Death Sentences and Executions report from Amnesty International shows that violent action against criminals increased in 2015, despite more countries abolishing the death sentence.<\/p>\n

The group recorded a 54% increase in executions in 2015, with 1,634 being executed – 573 more than in 2014 – while at least 1,998 people were sentenced to death in 61 countries in 2015<\/p>\n

This is not including numbers of executions carried out in China, where data on the use of the death penalty remains classified as a state secret.<\/p>\n

Of all recorded executions, 89% were carried out in just three countries: Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

In Iran and Saudi Arabia the number of executions recorded by Amnesty International increased by 31% and 76%, respectively, compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n

More than 320 people were executed in Pakistan in 2015. This was the highest number of executions that Amnesty International ever recorded for Pakistan in one year, and follows the authorities lifting of a six-year moratorium on executions on 17 December 2014.<\/p>\n

Amnesty International also registered a significant increase in executions in Egypt and Somalia, by 47% and 79%, respectively.<\/p>\n

The group recorded executions in 25 countries, three more than in 2014.<\/p>\n

The countries that kill criminals<\/h3>\n
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#<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\n2015 Executions<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nIran<\/td>\n977+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nPakistan<\/td>\n326+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nSaudi Arabia<\/td>\n158+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nUnited states<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nIraq<\/td>\n26+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nSomalia<\/td>\n25+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nEgypt<\/td>\n22+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nFed. Gov. of Somalia<\/td>\n17+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nIndonesia<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nChad<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nYemen<\/td>\n8+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nSomaliland<\/td>\n6+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nTaiwan<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nSouth Sudan<\/td>\n5+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nBangladesh<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nSingapore<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nSudan<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nJapan<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nJubaland<\/td>\n2+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nOman<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nJordan<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nIndia<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nAfghanistan<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nUnited Arab Emirates<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nChina<\/td>\n+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNorth Korea<\/td>\n+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMalaysia<\/td>\n+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nVietnam<\/td>\n+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Chad and Oman resumed executions after years without executing anyone, while Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and South Sudan executed people in 2015 after having no executions reported in these in 2014.<\/p>\n

The following methods of executions were used:<\/p>\n