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Global death penalty trends and human rights concerns

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International organizations and human rights groups have raised alarms regarding a significant increase in global executions. The On the European and World Day against the Death Penalty, the European Union and the Council of Europe issued a joint call for the an immediate moratorium on executions as a first step toward global abolition of capital punishment, abolition, describing it the practice as ‘inhumane and degrading treatment.’ They noted Data indicates a sharp rise in recorded executions; Amnesty International reported that executions in 2025 reached 2,707 across 17 countries, marking a 78 percent increase in the total number of executions compared to the previous year, despite a general global trend toward abolition. Data indicates that while 17 countries carried out executions, the volume rose sharply. 2024. Iran recorded the highest number of executions, with notable increases also reported in Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and Yemen. In the United States, executions continued, while China is estimated to have carried out thousands of death sentences, though its data remains a state secret. Within Europe, Belarus is the only remaining country to apply the death penalty. Specific concerns have been raised persist regarding the use of the death penalty for drug-related offenses, which accounted for approximately 46 percent of executions in 2025. In Iran, reports from the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran highlight a high rate of executions targeting women, with noting at least 54 women were executed between October 2025 and October 2026. Additionally, human rights advocates in the Bahrain are Center for Human Rights is calling for a moratorium on executions, moratorium, citing concerns over coerced confessions and torture in capital cases. cases involving the 27 people currently facing death sentences. The last recorded executions in Bahrain occurred in 2019.

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