Report: Egypt, Nigeria led world in death sentences in 2014
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Egypt and Nigeria accounted for well over 1,000 of the death sentences announced last year, more than a third of the world's total, Amnesty International says in its latest annual report on the death penalty./ The London-based human rights group expressed alarm at the 28 percent jump in death sentences: 2,466 people in 55 countries were condemned to death in 2014. At least 607 people were executed in 22 countries last year. Neither of those numbers is complete, as North Korea's closed-off stance means that no estimate ...
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