Bericht zur Todesstrafe weltweit von Amnesty International, 16.5.2023 (engl. Original)
Amnesty International’s research on the global use of the death penalty in 2022 revealed a spike in the number of people known to have been executed worldwide, including a significant increase in executions for drug-related offences. This negative trend contrasts with a countervailing positive tendency: a substantial number of countries have taken decisive steps away from the death penalty in 2022, marking remarkable progress against the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.
Known executions, excluding the thousands believed to have taken place in China, significantly increased by 53% on those for 2021, from 579 (2021) to 883 (2022). The executions recorded in 2022 were the highest since 2017 (993).2 Secrecy and restrictive state practices continued to impair an accurate assessment of the use of the death penalty in several countries, including China, North Korea and Viet Nam.
The sharp increase in known global executions in 2022 was mainly due to the significant increase recorded in the Middle East and North Africa region, where known executions went up by 59%, from 520 in 2021 to 825 in 2022. A staggering 93% of known global executions (excluding China) in 2022 were carried out in the Middle East and North Africa region. Of the 825 executions recorded in the region, 94% were carried out in Iran (70%) and Saudi Arabia (24%); two countries that routinely execute people after unfair trials and where sharp increases in executions were recorded in 2022. In Iran, recorded executions went up to 576 from 314 recorded the previous year, an increase of 83%. In Saudi Arabia, recorded executions tripled from 65 (2021) to 196 (2022), the highest number Amnesty International recorded in the country in 30 years.
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