15 Marzo 2017 :
At least 3.135 executions were carried out in 23 Countries and territories in 2016.
China: at least 2000
Iran: at least 530
Saudi Arabia: at least 154
Vietnam: at least 100
Iraq: at least 92
Pakistan: 87
North Korea: at least 70
Egypt: at least 16 (44)
United States: 20
Somalia: at least 14
Bangladesh: 10
Malaysia: at least 9
Afghanistan: 6
Belarus: 4
Singapore: 4
Indonesia: 4
Japan: 3
Nigeria: 3
Palestine (Gaza Streep): 3
Sudan: 2
South Sudan: at least 2
Taiwan*: 1
Botswana: 1
In 2016 no executions were reported in 7 Countries – Chiad, Egypt, Jordan, India, Indonesia, Oman and United Arab Emirates– that carried out executions in 2015.
On the other end, 3 Countries resumed executions: Botswana (1), Belarus (1) and Palestine (Gaza Streep) (3).
It couldnot be condirmed if “legal” executions took place in 2016 in Syria and Yemen.
Source: Hands off Cain
In bold, liberal democracies1 (6) that carried out executions (18) in 2016.
In italics, changes in 2016 (3) with regard to 2015.
* Non-Un member States
1 The classification “liberal democracy” is based on the rigorous analytic standards employed by Freedom House in its Freedom in the World 2016 report on the state of political rights and civil liberties around the world (www.freedomhouse.org).
