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Afghanistan

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0. [1] This is the number of executions reported in the media. Because of the secrecy surrounding capital punishment, we are not able to offer a reliable estimate.

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Algeria

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0. [1]

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Antigua and Barbuda

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0. [1]

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Bahamas

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0. [1]

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Bahrain

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3. [1]

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[1] Aziz El Yaakoubi, Ali Abdelaty, Bahrain executes three, including Shi’ite activists, Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bahrain-execution/bahrain-executes-three-including-shiite-activists-idUSKCN1UM04R, Jul, 27, 2019.

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Bangladesh

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1. [1]

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[1] Asharq Al-Awsat, Bangladesh Executes Convict Involved in Saudi Diplomat Assassination 7 Years Ago, https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1619631/bangladesh-executes-convict-involved-saudi-diplomat-assassination-7-years-ago, Mar. 5, 2019.

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Barbados

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0. [1]

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Belarus

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At least 2, probably 3. [1]

Belarus executed one man on December 17, 2019. [2] Another man was executed in secret in June 2019, [3] and there is a high probability that his co-defendant was also executed, as Belarus typically executes co-defendants at the same time. [4]

References

[1] Amnesty Intl., Belarus: Amnesty International Condemns Another Death Sentence Execution, EUR 49/0535/2019, Jun. 14, 2019. European Union, Statement by the Spokesperson on reports of another execution in Belarus, European External Action Service, https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/72508/statement-spokesperson-reports-another-execution-belarus_en, Dec. 20, 2019.
[2] European Union, Statement by the Spokesperson on reports of another execution in Belarus, European External Action Service, https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/72508/statement-spokesperson-reports-another-execution-belarus_en, Dec. 20, 2019.
[3] Amnesty Intl., Belarus: Amnesty International Condemns Another Death Sentence Execution, EUR 49/0535/2019, Jun. 14, 2019.
[4] Amnesty Intl., Belarus: Amnesty International Condemns Another Death Sentence Execution, EUR 49/0535/2019, Jun. 14, 2019.

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Belize

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0. [1]

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Botswana

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1. [1]

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[1] News24, Botswana defies outcry from human rights group, executed murderer, https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/botswana-defies-outcry-from-human-rights-group-executes-murderer-20191202, Dec. 2, 2019.

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Brunei

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0. [1]

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Cameroon

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0. [1]

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Central African Republic

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0. [1]

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China

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Human rights organizations estimate that China executes thousands of people a year. The number of executions is a state secret. While some executions are reported in the media, [1] these represent a small fraction of those that are carried out. It is estimated that China executes more than the rest of the world together. [2]

References

[1] BBC News, China's 'Jack the Ripper' Gao Chengyong executed for murders, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46743882, Jan. 3, 2019. Reuters, Chinese man executed for kindergarten knife attack, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-crime/chinese-man-executed-for-kindergarten-knife-attack-idUSKCN1P10KG, Jan. 7, 2019. BBC News, Cai Dongjia: China's 'godfather of crystal meth' executed, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46904901, Jan. 17, 2019. Channel NewsAsia, China executes man who killed 15 people in car attack, https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-executes-man-who-killed-15-people-in-car-attack-11178988, Jan. 29, 2019. Alice Yan, China executes six for killing workers in mining compensation scam, South China Morning Post, https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3009046/china-executes-six-killing-workers-mining-compensation-scam, May 6, 2019. Hands of Cain, China: man who killed 3 in revenge attack executed, http://www.handsoffcain.info/notizia/china-man-who-killed-3-in-revenge-attack-executed-50308285, Jul. 17, 2019. Xinhua, Serial killer, rapist executed in north China, http://www.china.org.cn/china/2019-07/30/content_75047831.htm, Jul. 30, 2019. Cao Yin, Former Didi driver executed for rape, murder, China Daily, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201908/30/WS5d68eaaca310cf3e35568dec.html, Aug. 31, 2019. Matthew Walsh, China Executes Man Who Killed 3 Fearing Wife’s Forced Sterilization Under One-Child Policy, CX Tech, https://www.caixinglobal.com/2019-12-12/china-executes-man-who-killed-3-fearing-wifes-forced-abortion-under-one-child-policy-101493392.html, Dec. 12, 2019. Tracy You, Chinese arsonist is executed for setting fire to a busy karaoke lounge killing 18 after one of its female workers rejected his advances, Daily Mail, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7824321/Chinese-arsonist-executed-setting-fire-busy-karaoke-bar-killing-18.html, Dec. 24, 2019. Tracy You, Chinese school killer, 40, is executed three months after stabbing eight pupils to death on the first day of class ‘to take revenge on society,’ Daily Mail, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7830491/Chinese-school-killer-executed-killing-eight-children-day-class.html, Dec. 27, 2019.
[2] Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2018, pp. 8, 21, ACT 50/7955/2019, Apr. 10, 2019.

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Comoros

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0. [1]

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Cuba

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0. [1]

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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0. [1]

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Dominica

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0. [1]

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Egypt

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26. [1]

References

[1] Amnesty Intl., Egypt: 'Alarming escalation' in executions as six people killed in just two weeks, https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/egypt-alarming-escalation-executions-six-people-killed-just-two-weeks, Feb. 13, 2019. Amnesty Intl., Egypt: Execution of nine men after an unfair trial a monumental disgrace, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/02/egypt-execution-of-nine-men-after-an-unfair-trial-a-monumental-disgrace/, Feb. 20, 2019. Reuters, How Sisi’s Egypt hands out justice, https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/egypt-executions/, Jul. 31, 2019. Middle East Monitor, Rights group: Egypt executes 3 detainees on terror-related charges, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191209-rights-group-egypt-executes-3-detainees-on-terror-related-charges/, Dec. 9, 2019. Al-Masry Al-Youm, Egypt executes man convicted of raping 20-month-old baby, Egypt Independent, https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-executes-man-convicted-of-raping-20-month-old-baby/, Dec. 11, 2019.

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Equatorial Guinea

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0. [1]

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Eritrea

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0. [1]

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Ethiopia

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0. [1]

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Gambia

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0. [1]

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Ghana

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0. [1]

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Grenada

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0. [1]

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Guyana

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0. [1]

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India

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0. [1]

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Indonesia

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0. [1]

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Iran

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At least 273. [1]

Given the secrecy surrounding executions, exact numbers are difficult to obtain and different figures are provided by various organizations.

The Iran Human Rights Monitor reports that at least 273 people were executed in 2019. [2] They also report that at least nine people who were under the age of 18 at the time of the offense and 17 women were executed in 2019. [3]

According to the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, 267 people, including at least 15 women, were executed in 2019. [4]

Iran Human Rights also collates reports of executions [5] and reported that at least 258 executions had been carried out as of December 25, 2019. [6]

The Abdorrahman Boroumand Center reported there had been 214 executions in 2019 as of December 4, 2019. [7]

The actual number of executions is likely to be higher given the government’s underreporting of executions and the holding of secret executions.

There are specific reports of Iran executing people who were under 18 at the time of the offense, who were mentally disabled, or both. In April 2019, Amnesty International reported the execution of two 17-year-old boys, who were 15 years old at the time of the alleged offense. [8] Body marks indicated that they had been flogged before execution. [9] One of these juveniles was reportedly intellectually disabled. [10] In July 2019, authorities hanged a man, reportedly Touraj Ghassemi, who was possibly a juvenile at the time of committing murder. [11] In August 2019, Hamid Avesti, a Kurdish man was executed for murder allegedly committed when he was under 18, having been sentenced to death when he was 17. [12] In September 2019, Iran executed a woman with mental disability in Sanandaj prison. [13] On October 25, Iran executed a 21-year old man who received a death sentence for a murder he allegedly committed at the age of 16. [14] On November 17, a man who was likely under the age of 18 at the time of the offense was executed. [15]

According to reports, on December 4, Iran executed a woman for killing a man who attempted to rape her. [16]

References

[1] Iran Human Rights Monitor, 2019 Annual Report, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AiYY5FnuhYOQkb7tJKbc1VBEUuh8AIvD/view, Jan. 6, 2020.
[2] Iran Human Rights Monitor, 2019 Annual Report, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AiYY5FnuhYOQkb7tJKbc1VBEUuh8AIvD/view, Jan. 6, 2020.
[3] Iran Human Rights Monitor, 2019 Annual Report, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AiYY5FnuhYOQkb7tJKbc1VBEUuh8AIvD/view, Jan. 6, 2020.
[4] Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, Infographic of Execution in Iran: 2019, https://iranhrdc.org/infographic-of-execution-in-iran-2019-final/, Jan. 14, 2020.
[5] Iran Human Rights, News and Articles: Executions, https://www.iranhr.net/en/articles/#/20/all/1, last accessed Jan. 6, 2020.
[6] Iran Human Rights, World Day 2019: More Than 212 Executed Since the Beginning of the Year in Iran, https://www.iranhr.net/en/articles/3970/, Oct. 10, 2019. Iran Human Rights, News and Articles: Executions, https://www.iranhr.net/en/articles/#/20/all/1, last accessed Jan. 6, 2020.
[7] Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, Reported Executions 2019, https://www.iranrights.org/, last accessed Dec. 4, 2019.
[8] Amnesty Intl., Iran: Two 17-year-old boys flogged and secretly executed in abhorrent violation of international law, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/04/iran-two-17yearold-boys-flogged-and-secretly-executed-in-abhorrent-violation-of-international-law/, Apr. 29, 2019.
[9] Amnesty Intl., Iran: Two 17-year-old boys flogged and secretly executed in abhorrent violation of international law, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/04/iran-two-17yearold-boys-flogged-and-secretly-executed-in-abhorrent-violation-of-international-law/, Apr. 29, 2019.
[10] Iran Human Rights, Two Juveniles Executed; One With Mental Disability, https://iranhr.net/en/articles/3723/, Apr. 30, 2019.
[11] Iran Human Rights, Possible Juvenile Offender Hanged in Iran, https://www.iranhr.net/en/articles/3856/, Jul. 29, 2019.
[12] Hands Off Cain, Iran: Prisoner Executed for Murder Committed When He Was under the Age of 18, http://www.handsoffcain.info/notizia/iran-prisoner-executed-for-murder-committed-when-he-was-under-the-age-of-18-50309073, Aug. 5, 2019.
[13] Iran Human Rights, Iran: Woman With Mental Disability Hanged in Sanandaj Prison, https://www.iranhr.net/en/articles/3953/, Sep. 29, 2019.
[14] Iran Human Rights Monitor, Iran Executed Young Man Sentenced as Juvenile, https://iran-hrm.com/index.php/2019/10/28/iran-executed-young-man-sentenced-as-juvenile/, Oct. 28, 2019.
[15] Iran Human Rights, Iran: At Least Two People Executed in Mashhad; One Might be Juvenile-Offender, https://www.iranhr.net/en/articles/4019/, Nov. 20, 2019.
[16] Iran Human Rights Monitor, Woman executed in Iran for killing “attempted rapist,” https://iran-hrm.com/index.php/2019/12/04/woman-executed-in-iran-for-killing-attempted-rapist/, Dec. 4, 2019.

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Iraq

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At least 100.

According to figures released in August 2019 from the Justice Ministry of Iraq and reviewed by the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights, more than 100 individuals have been executed since January 2019 [1]

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[1] Lawk Ghafuri, Iraq has executed 100 since January, 8,000 on death row: official, Rudaw, https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/190820191, Aug. 19, 2019.

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Jamaica

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0. [1]

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Japan

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3. [1]

On December 26, Japan executed a Chinese national, executing a foreign national for the first time in a decade. [2]

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[1] Sakura Murakami, Hangings carried out for two Japanese death row inmates convicted of multiple rape-murders, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/08/02/national/japan-executes-two-death-row-inmates-first-executions-since-last-december/#.XUnuYJNKiqA, Aug. 2, 2019. Zoe Tidman, Japan executes foreigner for the first time in a decade, Independent, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/first-foreigner-execution-decade-japan-wei-wei-china-a9260671.html, Dec. 26, 2019.
[2] Zoe Tidman, Japan executes foreigner for the first time in a decade, Independent, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/first-foreigner-execution-decade-japan-wei-wei-china-a9260671.html, Dec. 26, 2019.

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Jordan

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0. [1]

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Kenya

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0. [1]

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Kuwait

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0. [1]

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Laos

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0. [1]

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Lebanon

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0. [1]

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Lesotho

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0. [1]

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Liberia

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0. [1]

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Libya

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0. [1]

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Malawi

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0. [1]

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Malaysia

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0. [1]

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Maldives

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0. [1]

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Mali

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0. [1]

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Because of the secrecy surrounding capital punishment, we are not able to offer a reliable estimate. This is the number of executions reported in the media (which often obtain their information from South Korean sources), but media reports are not always accurate.

In December, a medical practitioner was executed in Samjiyon city for medical malpractice that resulted in the death of a patient. [2] Another man was executed in Pyongyang in late December for allegedly divulging Kim Jong Un’s whereabouts. [3] In November 2019, North Korea executed two unlicensed medical practitioners for illegally performing facial surgeries. [4] In March 2019, two women accused of carrying out “superstitious activities” were publicly tried and executed by firing squad in North Hamgyong’s Chongjin city. [5] In February 2019, a man convicted of drug dealing was executed by firing squad in the city of Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province. [6] Adherence to fair trial standards and due process seems unlikely as both the women and the man were allegedly publicly tried and executed. [7] Also, in January 2019, a man was executed by firing squad at the Hoeryong Jongori correctional labor camp in front of other inmates. [8] The man allegedly killed a prison guard, and his execution took place only four days after an investigation had begun, contravening the North Korean criminal code’s requirement of several layers of investigation, indictment, and trial in such cases. [9]

References

[1] Shubhra Shalini, North Korean Inmate Executed By Firing Squad For Killing Prison Guard, International Business Times, https://www.ibtimes.com/north-korean-inmate-executed-firing-squad-killing-prison-guard-2753387, Jan. 17, 2019. Ha Yoon Ah, Drug dealer executed in South Hamgyong Province, Daily NK, https://www.dailynk.com/english/drug-dealer-executed-in-south-hamgyong-province/, Apr. 8, 2019. Radio Free Asia, North Korea Stages Public Executions to Strengthen ‘Social Order’, https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/executions-04102019175353.html, Apr. 10, 2019. Mun Dong Hui, Amateur surgeons executed, woman murdered in Pyongyang, Daily NK, https://www.dailynk.com/english/amateur-surgeons-executed-woman-murdered-pyongyang/, Nov. 26, 2019. Ha Yoon Ah, Alleged leaker of Kim Jong Un’s whereabouts executed, Daily NK, https://www.dailynk.com/english/alleged-leaker-kim-jong-un-whereabouts-executed/, Jan. 14, 2020. Ha Yoon Ah, Medical practitioner was executed in Samjiyon city, Ryanggang Province for medical malpractice… even the residents are ‘in shock,’ Daily NK, https://perma.cc/ZC5N-VG5H, Jan. 8, 2020.
[2] Ha Yoon Ah, Medical practitioner was executed in Samjiyon city, Ryanggang Province for medical malpractice… even the residents are ‘in shock,’ Daily NK, https://perma.cc/ZC5N-VG5H, Jan. 8, 2020.
[3] Ha Yoon Ah, Alleged leaker of Kim Jong Un’s whereabouts executed, Daily NK, https://www.dailynk.com/english/alleged-leaker-kim-jong-un-whereabouts-executed/, Jan. 14, 2020.
[4] Mun Dong Hui, Amateur surgeons executed, woman murdered in Pyongyang, Daily NK, https://www.dailynk.com/english/amateur-surgeons-executed-woman-murdered-pyongyang/, Nov. 26, 2019.
[5] Radio Free Asia, North Korea Stages Public Executions to Strengthen ‘Social Order’, https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/executions-04102019175353.html, Apr. 10, 2019.
[6] Ha Yoon Ah, Drug dealer executed in South Hamgyong Province, Daily NK, https://www.dailynk.com/english/drug-dealer-executed-in-south-hamgyong-province/, Apr. 8, 2019.
[7] Ha Yoon Ah, Drug dealer executed in South Hamgyong Province, Daily NK, https://www.dailynk.com/english/drug-dealer-executed-in-south-hamgyong-province/, Apr. 8, 2019. Radio Free Asia, North Korea Stages Public Executions to Strengthen ‘Social Order’, https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/executions-04102019175353.html, Apr. 10, 2019.
[8] Shubhra Shalini, North Korean Inmate Executed By Firing Squad For Killing Prison Guard, International Business Times, https://www.ibtimes.com/north-korean-inmate-executed-firing-squad-killing-prison-guard-2753387, Jan. 17, 2019.
[9] Shubhra Shalini, North Korean Inmate Executed By Firing Squad For Killing Prison Guard, International Business Times, https://www.ibtimes.com/north-korean-inmate-executed-firing-squad-killing-prison-guard-2753387, Jan. 17, 2019.

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Oman

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15. [1] The government does not typically provide official figures. According to figures gathered by the organization Justice Project Pakistan, using a three-step process to verify the accuracy of its execution count, there have been 15 executions in 2019. [2]

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[1] Justice Project Pakistan, Death Penalty Database, https://data.jpp.org.pk/library/?q=(filters:(current_status:(values:!(%2710480b52-bd9a-436b-8886-7985beaf6bca%27))),order:desc,sort:metadata.date_of_execution,types:!(%275bcd692bf834e87d6dd936d6%27)), last accessed May 27, 2020.
[2] Justice Project Pakistan, Death Penalty Database, https://data.jpp.org.pk/library/?q=(filters:(current_status:(values:!(%2710480b52-bd9a-436b-8886-7985beaf6bca%27))),order:desc,sort:metadata.date_of_execution,types:!(%275bcd692bf834e87d6dd936d6%27)), last accessed May 27, 2020.

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Papua New Guinea

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Qatar

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Russian Federation

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Saint Lucia

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Saudi Arabia

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At least 184. [1]

According to Reprieve , Saudi Arabia executed 184 people in 2019, 90 of whom were foreign nationals and six of unknown nationality. [2] Saudi Arabia executed at least three foreign national women from Nigeria, the Philippines, and Pakistan. [3] In September, Saudi Arabia executed a person from Pakistan, and two people from Bahrain for drug-related charges. [4] Saudi Arabia further executed two young Jordanians in October. [5]

In July, a report by Baroness Helena Kennedy stated that at least 55 out of 134 people were executed for drug-related offences. [6]

In April, Saudi Arabia carried out a mass execution of 37 people convicted of terrorism-related offenses after conducting trials that did not meet fair trial standards. [7] At least 33 of the 37 people executed belonged to the country’s Shi’a minority, [8] and at least three were under the age of 18 at the time of the alleged offense. [9]

References

[1] Reprieve, Saudi Arabia executed more people than ever in 2019, https://reprieve.org.uk/press/saudi-arabia-executed-more-people-than-ever-in-2019/, Jan. 13, 2020.
[2] Reprieve, Saudi Arabia executed more people than ever in 2019, https://reprieve.org.uk/press/saudi-arabia-executed-more-people-than-ever-in-2019/?utm_content=buffer79af7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer, Jan. 13, 2020.
[3] Al Jazeera, Filipina domestic worker executed in Saudi Arabia, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/filipina-domestic-worker-executed-saudi-arabia-190131063017217.html, Jan. 31, 2019. AFP, Saudi Arabia executes four people for drug trafficking, Business Standard, https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/saudi-arabia-executes-four-people-for-drug-trafficking-119040101256_1.html, Apr. 1, 2019. Dawn, Saudi Arabia executes Pakistani couple on drug-related charges, https://www.dawn.com/news/1475433/saudi-arabia-executes-pakistani-couple-on-drug-related-charges, Apr. 11, 2019.
[4] Dawn, JPP slams beheading of Pakistani prisoner in S. Arabia, https://www.dawn.com/news/1504930/jpp-slams-beheading-of-pakistani-prisoner-in-s-arabia, Sep. 13, 2019. The Daily Tribune – News of Bahrain, Bahraini Drugs Smuggler Executed in Saudi Arabia, https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/57185.html, Sep. 26, 2019.
[5] Roya News, Jordanians executed by hanging in Saudi Arabia, https://en.royanews.tv/news/19058/2019-10-29, Oct. 29, 2019.
[6] Baroness Helena Kennedy, A Perverse and Ominous Enterprise: The Death Penalty and Illegal Executions in Saudi Arabia, pp. 28¬–29, https://arabi21.com/UP/SEVEN%20Earth/KSA%20-%20Report%20on%20Use%20of%20the%20Death%20Penalty%202019%20.pdf, Jul. 29, 2019. Also in July, the European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights reported that at least 122 people had been executed. European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights, Bloody rise in Saudi Arabia: 122 executions in the first half of 2019, https://www.esohr.org/en/?p=2371, Jul. 8, 2019.
[7] Amnesty Intl., Saudi Arabia: 37 put to death in shocking execution spree, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/04/saudi-arabia-37-put-to-death-in-shocking-execution-spree/, Apr. 23, 2019. Human Rights Watch, Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 37 Men Most from Shia Community, Convicted in Unfair Trials, https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/04/24/saudi-arabia-mass-execution-37-men, Apr. 24, 2019.
[8] Human Rights Watch, Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 37 Men Most from Shia Community, Convicted in Unfair Trials, https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/04/24/saudi-arabia-mass-execution-37-men, Apr. 24, 2019.
[9] Reprieve, Saudi Arabia executes 37 people in a single day – including three juveniles, https://reprieve.org.uk/update/saudi-arabia-executes-37-people-in-a-single-day-including-three-juveniles/, Apr. 23, 2019.

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Sierra Leone

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Singapore

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[1] The Strait Times, Malaysian convicted of murder is executed in Singapore, https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-convicted-of-murder-executed-in-singapore, Mar. 22, 2019. AFP, Singapore executed Malaysian drug trafficker despite appeals, South China Morning Post, https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3038985/singapore-executes-malaysian-drug-trafficker-despite, Nov. 22, 2019.

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At least 13.

At least eight people have been executed by the Somali federal government. [1] This is the number of executions reported in the media. Because of the secrecy surrounding capital punishment, we are not able to offer a reliable estimate.

Some of the reported executions were carried out in public by the military, with indications that fair trial standards were not upheld. [2]

Five men were executed in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region Puntland in November. [3]

References

[1] Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban, Somalia military court executes two Al-Shabaab assassins, Africa News, http://www.africanews.com/2019/01/07/somalia-military-court-executes-two-al-shabaab-assassins//, Jan. 7, 2019. All Africa, Somalia: Firing Squad Executes a Man for the Rape of 18-Year-Old Girl, https://allafrica.com/stories/201903060238.html, Mar. 5, 2019. Reuters, Somalia executes three al Shabaab members over 2017 hotel attack, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-security/somalia-executes-three-al-shabaab-members-over-2017-hotel-attack-idUSKCN1U51RD, Jul. 10, 2019. Hands Of Cain, Somalia: 2 Al-Shabab Members Executed by Government, http://www.handsoffcain.info/notizia/somalia-2-al-shabab-members-executed-by-government-50309086, Aug. 6, 2019.
[2] Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban, Somalia military court executes two Al-Shabaab assassins, Africa News, http://www.africanews.com/2019/01/07/somalia-military-court-executes-two-al-shabaab-assassins//, Jan. 7, 2019.
[3] Garowe Online, ISIS and Al Shabaab militants executed in Somalia’s Puntland, https://www.garoweonline.com/en/news/puntland/isis-and-al-shabaab-militants-executed-in-somalias-puntland, Nov. 7, 2019.

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South Korea

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South Sudan

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7. [1]

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[1] U.N. Human Rights Council, Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan: Statement to the media, Nairobi / Geneva delivered by Commission Chair Yasmin Sooka in Nairobi and Commission Member Andrew Clapham in Geneva, https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=24184&LangID=E, Feb. 20, 2019. Amnesty Intl., South Sudan: Seven men including members of one family hanged amid spike in executions, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/03/south-sudan-seven-men-including-members-of-one-family-hanged-amid-spike-in-executions/, Mar. 1, 2019.

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0. [1] This is the number of executions reported in the media. Because of the secrecy surrounding capital punishment, we are not able to offer a reliable estimate. However, Vietnam does carry out executions and was one of the world’s top five executioners in 2018. [2] Rare figures made available by the Vietnamese government showed there were at least 85 executions in 2018. [3] This figure could approximate how many executions continue to occur annually in Vietnam.

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[2] Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2018, p. 9, ACT 50/9870/2019, Apr. 10, 2019.
[3] Amnesty Intl., Death Sentences and Executions in 2018, p. 25, ACT 50/9870/2019, Apr. 10, 2019.

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2. [1] It is unclear to what extent any judicial process or determination preceded these public executions. This is the number of executions reported in the media. Because of the secrecy surrounding capital punishment, we are not able to offer a reliable estimate.

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[1] Jack Phillips, Yemen Publicly Executes Two Men for Assaulting, Killing a Child, The Epoch Times, https://www.theepochtimes.com/yemen-publicly-executes-two-men-for-assaulting-killing-a-child_2794713.html, Feb. 8, 2019.

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