During 2000, at least 1,457 prisoners were executed in 27
countries and 3,058 people were sentenced to death in 65
countries. These figures include only cases known to Amnesty
International; the true figures are certainly higher.
Death sentences are known to have been imposed in the
following countries and territories in 2000:
AFGHANISTAN, ALGERIA, ARMENIA, BAHAMAS, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH,
BARBADOS, BELARUS, BELIZE, BOTSWANA, BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CHINA,
CONGO (Democratic Republic), CONGO (Republic), CUBA, EGYPT,
ETHIOPIA, GAMBIA, GUATEMALA, GUYANA, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN,
IRAQ, JAMAICA, JAPAN, JORDAN, KAZAKSTAN, KENYA, KUWAIT,
KYRGYZSTAN, LEBANON, LIBYA, MALAWI, MALAYSIA, MALI, MONGOLIA,
MOROCCO, MYANMAR, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY,
PHILIPPINES, RWANDA, SAMOA, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, SOMALIA,
SRI LANKA, SWAZILAND, TAIWAN, TAJIKISTAN, THAILAND, TRINIDAD
AND TOBAGO, TURKEY, UGANDA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, UZBEKISTAN, VIET NAM, YEMEN, YUGOSLAVIA
(Federal Republic), ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE
Executions are known to have been carried out in the following
countries in 2000:
AFGHANISTAN, BAHAMAS, BELARUS, BURUNDI, CHINA, CONGO
(Democratic Republic), CUBA, EGYPT, GUATEMALA, IRAN, IRAQ,
JAPAN, JORDAN, KUWAIT, MALAYSIA, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, QATAR,
SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, SOMALIA, TAIWAN, THAILAND, UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, UZBEKISTAN, VIET NAM, YEMEN
In 2000, 88 per cent of all known executions took place in
China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the USA. In China, limited and
incomplete records available to Amnesty International at the
end of the year indicated that at least 1,000 people were
executed, but the true figure was believed to be much higher.
In Saudi Arabia, 123 executions were reported, but the total
may have been much higher. Eighty-five people were executed in
the USA. At least 75 executions were carried out in Iran. In
addition, hundreds of executions were reported in Iraq but
many of them may have been extrajudicial.
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