Amnesty International says executions in Saudi Arabia hit a record high last year, with 345 people put to death.

Executions in Saudi Arabia surged last year to a record high, Amnesty International said Monday, as activists increasingly ...

Amnesty International condemned on Monday a surge in executions in Saudi Arabia in recent years, highlighting particular concern for capital punishment used in cases of drug-related offenses and the ...

Saudi Arabia witnessed a record surge in executions last year, with Amnesty International raising alarms over the high number ...

The kingdom executed 1,816 people between January 2014 and June 2025, including nationals from Egypt, Ethiopia, Jordan, ...

Amnesty International has found a "startling surge" in executions in Saudi Arabia, including many foreign nationals who were ...

Global death sentences. At least 2,016 new death sentences across 52 countries were imposed in 2022, compared to at least 2,052 in 56 countries in 2021.. Amnesty International recorded commutations or ...

While great strides have been taken to abolish the death penalty we still have work to do and will continue campaigning for the abolition of this cruel punishment. Remember, ... Amnesty International ...

It has been one year since Malaysia repealed the mandatory death penalty, however, Amnesty International has highlighted ongoing violations of international human rights standards. The abolition of ...

This ranking comes as no surprise to Brian Evans, Amnesty International's acting director on the Death Penalty Abolition Campaign, who said the same countries are in the top eight every year. (See ...

Amnesty International is urging for a constitutional amendment to completely abolish the death penalty from Ghana's legal framework. By the end of 2024, close to 200 individuals remained on death ...