Why do we want to be in this company? From Reuters:
China, Iran, Saudi, US main executioners: Amnesty
More than 2,000 people were known to have been executed around the world last year, the vast majority of them in China, followed by Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
Maybe one day we will join the civilized nations of this world and stop allowing our government the power to kill its citizens. You are judged by the company you keep.
"The death penalty is the ultimate, irreversible denial of human rights, because it contravenes the essence of human values, it is often applied in a discriminatory manner, follows unfair trials or is applied for political reasons," Amnesty International Secretary-General Irene Khan said in a statement.
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(Cross-posted at State of the Day.)
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