Saturday, March 29, 2014
Rights group releases annual report on global executions
[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] on Wednesday released their annual report [text; PDF] on death sentences and executions throughout the globe. The rights organization recorded that executions took place in 22 countries in 2013, an increase by one from 2012. Neither the 2012 or 2013 report included Egypt or Syria as AI could not confirm if judicial executions took place. According to AI 778 reported executions took place in 2013, a 15 percent increase from 2012. The report acknowledges...
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