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Amnesty International: China Executed Over 2,400 People in 2014
On Wednesday, Amnesty International released an annual report of the recorded death sentences carried out around the world.
In China, which is reported to have executed more people than the combined total tallied from the rest of the countries around the globe, 19,000 people are also on death row.
The Independent relayed details of the Amnesty International study following its release:
Crucially, however, the figures do not include executions in China, which are a state secret and Amnesty can only estimate are in the thousands.
But by taking previous data we can see the true scale of the death penalty in the country, putting it far ahead of Iran, which admits to carrying out 289 executions, although the actual figure is thought to be much higher as well.
—Posted by Donald Kaufman.
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Source: http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/amnesty_international_china_executed_over_2400_people_in_2014_20150403/
