global momentum towards abolishing death penalty point of view : andrew beswick 20 governments...
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Global momentum towards abolishing death penalty
• Point of view : Andrew Beswick•20 governments executed people last year (compared to 9 abolitionists in 1961, example of Japan)•Improvement since the last decade•Global trend
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The number of executions
• China : - Exact number of executions unknown - Thousands of people possibly executed according to Amnesty International, number decreasing according to the Chinese Government
• Comparison : - Very high compared to other countries - High but not so much compared to the population of China which is the largest in the world : reported to the population, 10 times more than in Iran
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Secrecy and executions
• China does not reveal the exact number of executions and has to be more transparent as Amnesty International asks.
• China is not the only one to hide information, so do North Korea where a large number of people disappeared and are supposedly dead
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Reasons death penalty is used
• Traffic caused death (Indonesia)• Problem of fair trials : conclusion• When troops leave, the situation is back to
« normal » (same as before the troops were present)