Some 1,153 people were executed in 2023 across 16 countries, according to Amnesty.
: The use of the death penalty has reached its highest level worldwide since 2015, London-based human rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
The most executions - almost three-quarters of the global total - were carried out in Iran. At least 853 people were executed in the the Middle Eastern country in 2023, an increase of 48 per cent on the previous year.ALSO READ:Somalia and the United States also saw an uptick in death sentences last year at 38 and 24 respectively.
However, the number of new death sentences handed down worldwide in 2023 rose by 20 per cent to 2,428.Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty
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