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Death sentences and executions on the rise worldwide

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 244 words · By Video by Camille Corcoran
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Claim 1: “the number of executed [in Iran] nearly doubled compared to 2024.”
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Amnesty International's report records 2,707 executions globally in 2025, an increase of 78% from 1,518 in 2024. Specifically, Iran is cited as the main driver with over 2,150 executions in 2025. Comparing 2,159 (2025) to the global total of 1,518 in 2024 (and the Statista 2024 figure for Iran of 972), the number in Iran has indeed nearly doubled (or more than doubled) compared to 2024.
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web search NEUTRAL — Executions in Iran 2011–2024 (Official, true number probably higher due to unreported cases. From 2015 onward, some established unreported cases have been taken into account as well.)[1].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Iran
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web search NEUTRAL — The number of executions worldwide reached its highest level in more than four decades in 2025, driven largely by a sharp increase in Iran, Amnesty International said. At least 2,707 people are known …
https://www.dw.com/en/executions-worldwide-hit-highest-level…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran carried out more than 2,150 executions in 2025, pushing the global death penalty toll to its highest since 1981, according to Amnesty International's latest report.Executions in Kuwait almost tri…
https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/iran-executions-top-2150-as-g…
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Claim 2: “Amnesty International’s recently published annual report reveals [a record increase in the number of death sentences and executions worldwide in 2025].”
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The claim is directly supported by Amnesty International's own Global Report and secondary reporting, which specifies the 2025 figures (2,707 executions) and the percentage increase from 2024.
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web search NEUTRAL — Amnesty International's membership increased from 15,000 in 1969[22] to 200,000 by 1979.[23] At the intergovernmental level Amnesty International pressed for the application of the UN's Standard Minim…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International
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web search NEUTRAL — Amnesty International has reported a major increase in executions globally, with last year having the highest number recorded since 1981, and the.REPORT: Death Sentences and Executions 2025. Iranian a…
https://www.amnesty.org.au/death-sentences-and-executions-20…
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web search NEUTRAL — Amnesty International’s monitoring of the global use of the death penalty recorded 2,707 executions in 2025, an increase by 78% from 1,518 in 2024.
https://www.amnestyusa.org/reports/amnesty-international-glo…
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Claim 3: “China accounts for the highest number of cases, thought to be the world's lead executioner.”
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While China is historically the world's lead executioner (as noted in Wikipedia), the specific 2025 data provided in the evidence indicates that Iran was the 'main driver' of the spike, with 2,159 executions. One source explicitly states that the 2,707 total for 2025 'excludes China' because their numbers are state secrets, making the claim that China 'accounts for the highest number' in 2025 an assumption based on historical trends rather than the provided 2025 data.
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web search NEUTRAL — executions in China, executions in China account for more than 58% in 2009 and 65% in 2010 of those worldwide.[11]. The exact number of people executed in China is classified as a state secret; occasi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_China
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web search NEUTRAL — The number of executions worldwide reached its highest level in more than four decades in 2025, driven largely by a sharp increase in Iran, Amnesty International said.2,707 executions recorded in 2025…
https://www.dw.com/en/executions-worldwide-hit-highest-level…
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web search NEUTRAL — Number of executions worldwide 2024, by country. Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 22, 2026. In 2024, China executed at least 1,000 people. Iran and Saudi Arabia followed, with 972 and 34…
https://www.statista.com/statistics/267304/number-of-executi…
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Claim 4: “A record increase in the number of death sentences and executions worldwide in 2025.”
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Multiple independent sources (Amnesty International Global Report, CNBC TV18, and another news report) confirm that executions worldwide reached a 40-year high in 2025, with at least 2,707 people put to death.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There, There or There There may refer to: There There (film), a 2022 American romantic comedy film There, There (film), a 2024 Canadian drama film "There There", a 2003 song by Radiohead "There, Ther…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now part of Pittsburgh), and raised in Oakland, Califo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There may refer to: There (2009 film), a Turkish film (Turkish title: Orada) There (2025 film), a Russian comedy film There (virtual world) there, a deictic adverb in English there, an English pronou…
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