Britain abandons global anti-death penalty strategy amid rising executions

‘Rights group Reprieve has condemned the UK for abandoning its strategy on curbing the use of the death penalty worldwide amid the fallout from Saudi Arabia’s execution of 47 people on Saturday.

Reprieve criticized the government’s decision not to renew the Strategy for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, in place since 2010, as executions in countries such as Iran, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia are hitting record highs. The government announced over the summer that it would not renew the strategy in 2016.’

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