Executions increased in 2011

Amnesty International says the number of executions increased in 2011, with increases in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Yemen and Iran, where this picture of a public execution was taken in 2007. Archive.
Amnesty International says the number of executions increased in 2011, with increases in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Yemen and Iran, where this picture of a public execution was taken in 2007. Archive.
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The year 2011 saw more executions than in 2010, according to Amnesty International’s annual report on the death penalty.

At least 676 people were executed in 20 countries last year, an increase of 149 on 2010, with the increase predominantly in the Middle East where executions increased by some 50 per cent.

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