Amnesty International Statistics

MEMBERSHIP:

• 51 national sections
• 8000+ local groups in 70+ countries
• 1,100,000+ members in more than 150 countries

ACTIVITY:

• PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
  • 3,014 Action files featuring over 7,700 individuals
  • 629 new cases
  • 1,041 releases of POCs or investigation cases
• URGENT ACTIONS
  • 900 appeals for people in 82 countries:
  • 213 torture
  • 112 extra-judicial executions
  • 87 death sentences
  • 115 death threat
  • others: arbitrary arrests or re-arrests, prolonged incommunicado detention, detention without charge or trial, death in custody, risk of refoulement, amputation.
• REGIONAL ACTION NETWORKS
  • 2,416 Amnesty local groups participated
• DEATH PENALTY
  • 1,708 known executions in 35 countries
  • 2,697 death sentences in 62 countries
  • 44% of countries abolitionist in law or practice:
  • 47 total abolition
  • 16 abolition for all but exceptional offenses
  • 20 abolition de facto for 10 years+

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