Amnesty International’s latest annual report has found fewer executions were carried out around the world in 2017 than the year prior. Last year Amnesty International recorded 993 executions worldwide. Four percent fewer executions — is it a global trend? Iran carried out 11 percent fewer executions, according to Amnesty, while Pakistan put 31 percent fewer people to death. Such countries, he says, “can immediately establish an official moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty.

Source: Egypt Independent April 12, 2018 08:37 UTC