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Amnesty International says China, Iran and Egypt had most executions in 2020, amid drop globally
The year 2020 was difficult for people around the world, with the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But that wasn’t enough to deter some countries from hammering down and handing out death penalties for crimes.
In fact, according to Amnesty International’s annual global review of the death penalty, some countries increased their rate of executions, despite global executions decreasing elsewhere.
But which countries had the most executions in 2020?
Let’s begin with the worst culprits.
Iran, Egypt and China had the highest number of executions in 2020
Reuters: Tobias Schwarz
)Number one on the list was Iran, which according to…
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