Global Executions Highest in 5 Years, Amnesty International Says
New York Times
Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia carried out 90 percent of the executions recorded last year, the rights group said. The numbers did not include estimates of “thousands” in China, it said, citing a lack of transparency.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/middleeast/executions-2022-amnesty-international.html