Inthenews.co.uk, 23 Mar 2009
The number of executions around the world rose significantly last year, with more countries in Asia using the death penalty than anywhere else.
The figure released by Amnesty International today show there were 2,390 executions worldwide in 2008, up from 1,252 the year before.
Today's figures show that China alone carried out nearly three-quarters (72 per cent) of the world’s executions (1,718), and that ten other countries from Asia - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Singapore and Vietnam - also carried out judicial killings.
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