Dramatic rise in number of global executions

Beheading, hanging, lethal injection, shooting — the number of people executed by countries in 2015 hit a 25-year high, according to new figures published Wednesday by Amnesty International, the British human rights group.

At least 1,634 civilians were executed by governments last year using various methods, an increase of 50% compared to the year before, Amnesty said. Although 90% of those killings took place in just three countries: Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

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