527 sentenced to death around the world last year

At least 527 people were sentenced to death around the world in 2010. This comes in a report by the Amnesty International human rights organization. China tops the list of nations that pass death sentences frequently. It is followed by Iran, North Korea, Yemen, the United States, Saudi Arabia and Libya. But the overall number of executed in the world dropped last year compared with the previous year of 2009.

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