Thursday, April 17, 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL : Death sentences and executions in 2007

5. Reports of death sentences in 2007

Country

Death Sentences

CHINA

1860+

PAKISTAN

307+

ALGERIA

271

IRAQ

199+

USA

100+

INDIA

100+

BANGLADESH

93

VIET NAM

83+

MONGOLIA

45

EGYPT

40+

CONGO(Democratic Republic)

24+

SUDAN

23+

JAPAN

23

NIGERIA

20+

JORDAN

17+

MALAYSIA

12

MADAGASCAR

12

INDONESIA

11+

UGANDA

10+

SYRIA

10+

SRI LANKA

10+

ZAMBIA

8

THAILAND

6+

TAIWAN

5

LEBANON

4+

BELARUS

4

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

3+

TUNISIA

3

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

2+

KUWAIT

2+

BAHRAIN

2

GAMBIA

2

SINGAPORE

2

SOUTH KOREA

2

MOROCCO

1

ZIMBABWE

1

BAHAMAS

+

BURUNDI

+

CHAD

+

ETHIOPIA

+

GUYANA

+

IRAN

+

JAMAICA

+

KENYA

+

NORTH KOREA

+

LIBYA

+

SAUDI ARABIA

+

ST.CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS

+

TANZANIA

+

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

+

YEMEN

+

The above figures represent those death sentences known to Amnesty International. Other countries may have condemned prisoners to death but the information has gone unreported.


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