Saturday, 12. April 2003
Topic: LOST FOUND - on April 12, 2003 at 11:35:50 AM CEST
China, Iran and U.S. Top Executioners, Amnesty Says
At least 1,526 people were executed worldwide last year, with 80 percent of all known executions carried out in China, Iran and the United States, Amnesty International said on Friday.
The London-based human rights group also expressed concern that U.S. military tribunals which will prosecute "terrorist" suspects will have the power to impose death sentences which cannot be appealed.
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