Shootings at the highest level since 2015, says Amnesty International

The number of state shootings worldwide has reached its high level in ten years, according to the new Amnesty International report.

In 2024, more than 1500 recorded shootings with Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, which made up a joint 1380 and the United States for 25 years.

Despite this growth, the report also found that the total number of countries that carry out the death penalty amounted to 15 – the lowest number of entries in the second consecutive year.

Secretary -General of Minister Amnesty International Agnes Kalamar said he was “being turned” to punishment in the capital, adding that “this is just a matter of time until the world is free from the shadow of the gallows.”

Although these figures are the highest, they have been since 2015 – when at least 1634 people were subject to the death penalty, the true total figure is likely to be higher.

Amnesty International says this indicator does not include those killed in China, which are believed to have thousands of shootings every year. North Korea and Vietnam are also not included.

The use of the death penalty is classified both in China and in Vietnam, which means that charity has failed to access statistics.

Other obstacles, such as restrictive state practice or current crises in gas and Syria, meant that there is little or no information for these areas.

A report called death sentences and executions of 2024 referred to the fact that Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia were responsible for the overall growth of famous shootings.

Iraq almost four times overcame the shootings from at least 16 to 63 years, while Saudi Arabia has doubled an annual total amount from 172 to at least 345.

The shootings in Iran increased at least 853 in 2023 at least 972 in 2024.

The report also states that the two main causes of the thorn in the use of the major punishment decreased to “countries that arise the death penalty against protesters” and “for” drug -related crimes “.

Charity showed that more than 40% of the shootings were carried out in 2024 for drug crimes, which, he said, was illegal in accordance with the Human Rights Act.

In 2024, Zimbabwe signed a law on a bill, which abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes, and since September 2024 there have been two cases where prisoners in Japan and the United States were justified and called for respect.

The charity also stated that more than two -thirds of all UN member states voted for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty last year.