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Execution numbers down in 2016: Amnesty

Demonstrations in Quezon to oppose the revival of the death penalty by the Philippine Congress
Demonstrations in Quezon to oppose the revival of the death penalty by the Philippine Congress Source: AAP

An international rights group says there were fewer executions recorded globally last year.


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By Peggy Giakoumelos

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An international rights group says there were fewer executions recorded globally last year.


In its yearly report on the death penalty, Amnesty International says just over a thousand people were executed around the world in 2016.

 

But this figure does not include executions in China, where data on the death penalty is considered a state secret.


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