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'Tool of control to crush dissent': Amnesty warns of global 'resurgence' in use of death penalty

France24 · · 98 words · By Video by Oliver FARRY
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3 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Amnesty International’s latest global report on the death penalty, 2025 emerges as a grim landmark year: at least 2,707 executions were recorded across 17 countries”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Amnesty International's report recorded at least 2,707 executions across 17 countries in 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — The human rights group Amnesty International confirmed that at least 2,707 people were put to death in 2025 but said the actual number was much higher.
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.
https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/iran-executions-top-2150-as-g…
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web search NEUTRAL — Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 10 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end abuses of human rights. Latest news.
https://www.amnesty.org/
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“the highest figure documented in recent years”
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Multiple sources confirm this is the highest figure recorded since 1981, describing it as a '40-year high' and noting a 78% increase from 2024.
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web search NEUTRAL — Executions in 2025 soared to the highest figure recorded by Amnesty International since 1981, with 2,707 people executed across 17 countries, revealed the latest annual report from the human rights or…
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/05/executions-su…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2,707 executions recorded in 2025, excluding China. 2,159 executions in Iran alone. 54 countries still have the death penalty. 2,334 new death sentences were recorded in 2025.
https://www.dw.com/en/executions-worldwide-hit-highest-level…
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web search NEUTRAL — Amnesty International recorded at least 2,707 executions in 2025 in 17 countries, an increase of 78% from the 1,518 known executions in 2024. It is the highest figure recorded by Amnesty International…
https://www.amnesty.or.th/en/blog/2026/05/death-penalty-in-2…
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“Chiara Sangiorgio, Amnesty International's Death penalty specialist”
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Multiple independent sources explicitly identify Chiara Sangiorgio as Amnesty International's expert or specialist on the death penalty.
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web search NEUTRAL — Following the announcement, Chiara Sangiorgio, Amnesty International's expert on the death penalty, said: "This vote marks a major turning point for countries around the world and proves that UN membe…
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/12/global-un-mem…
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web search NEUTRAL — We invited Chiara Sangiorgio from Amnesty International to talk about this years' report on the use of the death penalty around the globe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHl6zSHWbCo
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web search NEUTRAL — Capital punishment is on the rise, as extremist sentiments have been taking hold in democratic countries. We invited Chiara Sangiorgio from Amnesty International to talk about this years' report on th…
https://archive.org/details/amnesty-international-report-on-…
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