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- Saudi Arabia bucked a global decline in executions last year, beheading at least 184 people, more than in any previous year, Amnesty International said on Monday.
- Saudi authorities executed 37 people in a single mass beheading, 32 of them members of its Shiite Muslim minority.
- China continues to lead the world in terms of capital punishment, executing "thousands," the human rights group said.
- Iran is the second leading executioner, according to Amnesty Internationa, putting at least 251 people to death in 2019.
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In 2019, Saudi Arabia executed more people than it ever has before, capped by the April 23 mass beheading of more than three dozen people on "terrorism" charges, according to a new report from Amnesty International.
Only China and Iran executed more people last year, with just 20 countries responsible for all recorded instances of capital punishment, according to the report.
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