Amnesty International
global · founded 1961 · HQ United Kingdom
Verified 21 May 2026 · Data dated 21 May 2026
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Global human-rights movement campaigning against torture, the death penalty, and unjust imprisonment.
Amnesty's death-penalty research (its annual 'Death Sentences and Executions' report) is the most-cited single source on global capital-punishment trends. Amnesty also runs prisoner-of-conscience campaigns and tracks conditions of detention.
Focus areas
death penalty abolitiontorture preventionprisoners of conscience
Reports published by Amnesty International
Amnesty's annual census of recorded executions and death sentences worldwide. 2024 was the deadliest year on record in decades, driven primarily by Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia, with drug-related offences accounting for a large share. China remains the world's biggest executioner but figures remain a state secret.