Amnesty: Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Egypt top the list of executions Friday, April 13,

Friday, April 13,

said Amnesty International (Amnesty International), for export countries , "Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Egypt ," the list of issuing death sentences and executions, declaring that Egypt issued the majority of death sentences that were able ascertained during the recent period. 

Amnesty reported Thursday (April 12th) in a Rabat hotel that discussed the evolution of the application of the death penalty across the world in 10 years between 2007 and 2017.




Saudi Arabia: Torture and Executions

: Saudi Arabia executed 146 people, including two women, and carried 89 persons who executed Saudi nationality, while the rest were foreigners as follows: Kenya (one person), Mali (one person), Nigeria (2 people), Jordan (6 people), Pakistan (17 people), Yemen (20 persons), one person of unknown nationality " . 


"Seventy-seven of these executions were carried out on the basis of murder, four on terrorism-related charges, 59 on drug-related offenses, two on the background of kidnapping and torture, two on the backdrop of rape, and one on the background of sorcery, witchcraft and adultery."


Amnesty International has been able to confirm only one death sentence, but the number of sentences is likely to be higher. 


"Many of the defendants have been sentenced to death after unfair trials before the courts of their conviction without proper investigations into allegations of forced confessions, including confessions of the victim under torture." 


"Forms of coercion include torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, among others." 


Iraq .. Execution under the pressure of the public

The report added that "at least 125 executions were carried out in Iraq, the central authorities have ensured all of them did not witness the implementation of any operation in the Kurdistan region The Iraqi central authorities issued 62 death sentences and the Kurdistan region authorities issued 3 death sentences totaling 65 death sentences In the whole of Iraq, on the background of crimes linked mostly to acts related to terrorism as well as murder, kidnapping and drugs. " 

"And the Iraqi citizens form the majority of those sentenced to death in addition to some foreigners." 


"The use of the death penalty continued as a tool to punish those involved in response to popular anger following the attacks carried out by the organization which calls itself 'Da'ash'."


"Mass executions carried out during the year killed dozens of men on September 25 for terrorism-related crimes, 11 days after a suicide bombing in Nassiriya on September 14 was adopted by the state organization and killed 84 people. December 14 sentenced to death hanging for 38 people on the background of terrorism-related crimes. " 

Steadily growing in Egypt

, it said Amnesty International said that "Egypt carried out at least 35 executions against 34 men and one woman. The courts issued at least 402 death sentences against 394 men and eight women."


"Of the 88 men sentenced to death in the context of political violence, 24 were sentenced to death after a severe trial before a military court, while the remaining 314 people, including 8 women and 306 men, were sentenced to death for crimes involving Murder and rape. The courts acquitted two men and commuted the death sentences of 162 people, including one woman. " 


"The majority of the confirmed death sentences in Egypt, which sentenced 402 people to death in 2017, compared to at least 237 people sentenced to death in 2016." 


Abstract

Amnesty International concluded its report on executions in the region and Iran"The Middle East and North Africa (Arab Islamic) region has seen a general decline in the use of the death penalty during 2017 compared to 2016, with the number of executions recorded by Amnesty International decreasing by 1 percent from 856 in 2016 to 847 in 2017 "He said. 


"Saudi Arabia and Iraq continued to occupy the top of the list of the most executed countries in the region, where Iran executed at least 507 people, ensured 60 per cent of the total number of confirmed executions in the region, while Saudi Arabia ensured that 17 per cent of the confirmed executions in the region And with the execution of 125 people, Iraq ensures the implementation of 15 per cent of the total confirmed executions, and these three countries alone accounted for 92 percent of the total executions recorded in the region during 2017.


"Amnesty International believes that hundreds of executions have been issued in Iran, but it has not been able to confirm the credibility of the figures." 


"Amnesty International has confirmed that the authorities in Algeria, Lebanon, Morocco, Western Sahara, Qatar and Tunisia are issuing death sentences without execution in those countries during 2017." 

Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates resumed executions during For the first time since 2010, 2015, 2013 and 2015, respectively, while Jordan carried out 15 executions, the highest figure among those four countries.




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