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AS IT IS 2016-04-10 Amnesty International Reports Sharp Jump in Executions2 大赦国际称2015年全世界处决人犯数量破纪录
More people were put to death last year than in any year since 1989, according to Amnesty International.
The rights group reported that at least 1,634 people worldwide were executed3 in 2015. That represents an increase of 54 percent from the number in 2014.
Amnesty called the number of those put to death, “profoundly4 disturbing.”
The group said Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia were responsible for the increase in executions in 2015. Those countries were responsible for 89 percent of all reported executions.
Iran executed at least 977 people last year, the group said. More than 320 executions were recorded in Pakistan, while at least 158 people were put to death in Saudi Arabia.
Amnesty said most executions in Saudi Arabia were beheadings. In Iran, the majority of those put to death had been tried and found guilty of drug charges.
The report failed to give the number of executions carried out in China. There, information about the death penalty5 is considered a state secret, so execution1 numbers are not reported.
Belarus and Vietnam also did not provide information for the report. Belarus is the only country in Europe to use the death penalty.
Amnesty said the United States carried out 28 executions last year, the lowest number since 1991. In 2015, the state of Pennsylvania ordered a ban on executions. The group said a total of 18 states have barred execution as a form of punishment.
Amnesty International said the top five executioners in the world were China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the U.S.
A majority of the world’s countries – a total of 102 nations – have stopped using the death penalty.
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profoundly – adj. extremely; greatly
disturbing – n. worrying; causing concern
beheading – n. the act of cutting off a person’s head
death penalty – n. death as a punishment given by a court of law for very serious crimes
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n.实行( execution的名词复数 );(尤指遗嘱的)执行;演奏;依法处决 | |
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v.执行(法令)( execute的过去式和过去分词 );(按计划或设计)作成;履行;演(戏) | |
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