‘Alarming’ increase in use of death penalty last year, despite global trend towards abolition
20 January 2026, 08:15 
Despite a downward trend in the use of the death penalty globally, 2025 saw an ‘alarming’ increase in the number of executions in a small number of retentionist countries, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) warned on Monday.
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