AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Death penalty 2020: Botswana, Somalia and South Sudan continue to dominate with executions in East and Southern Africa.
21 APRIL 2021 Botswana doubles the number of yearly executionsChina pursued the death penalty to crack down on offences related to Covid-19 prevention effortsFormer US administration executed staggering 10 people in less than six months in 2020Lowest number of executions recorded in a decade for third consecutive yearThe unprecedented challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic were …