{"id":711,"date":"2026-05-18T08:43:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T08:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=711"},"modified":"2026-05-18T08:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T08:43:29","slug":"tool-of-control-to-crush-dissent-amnesty-warns-of-global-resurgence-in-use-of-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=711","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Tool of control to crush dissent&#8217;: Amnesty warns of global &#8216;resurgence&#8217; in use of death penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"t-content t-content--article t-content--video\" id=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"t-content__main-media\" data-media-video-d6f46f8d-3d9a-4dff-ae92-91fd0b930ced data-wrapper-video-player data-show-hidden-video-player=\"D6F46F8D-3D9A-4DFF-AE92-91FD0B930CED\" data-autoplay-video-link data-youtube-script>\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<\/p>\n<p>        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices<\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. 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In Amnesty International\u2019s latest global report on the death penalty, 2025 emerges as a grim landmark year: at least 2,707 executions were recorded across 17 countries, the highest figure documented in recent years. Yet the significance of the report lies not only in the scale of executions, but in the political logic Amnesty identifies behind them. Ms. Sangiorgio argues that the contemporary resurgence of capital punishment is \u201crooted in fear,\u201d increasingly deployed \u201cas a tool of control and to crush dissent.\u201d                            <\/p>\n<div class=\"t-content__authors\">\n<div class=\"m-from-author\">\n                    <span class=\"m-from-author__by-label\"><br \/>\n                Video by:<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-author\">\n<div class=\"m-author__name\">\n                                                    <a href=\"\/en\/author\/oliver-farry\/\" title=\"Oliver FARRY\" class=\"m-author__name__title\"><br \/>\n                                Oliver FARRY<br \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__tags\">\n<div class=\"m-section-title m-section-title--small\">Keywords for this article<\/div>\n<ul class=\"m-tags-list\">\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/death-penalty\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"death penalty\">    death penalty<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/amnesty-international\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Amnesty International\">    Amnesty International<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/france-24\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"FRANCE 24\">    FRANCE 24<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/france-24-guest\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"FRANCE 24 guest\">    FRANCE 24 guest<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/iran\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Iran\">    Iran<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <button class=\"m-box-expand__button a-link\" data-box-expand-button><br \/>\n        <span class=\"m-box-expand__button__open\"><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"a-hover-content\" data-hover-label=\"Read more\">Read more<\/span><br \/>\n                        <\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"m-box-expand__button__close\" data-box-expand-button-close>                <\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"a-hover-content\" data-hover-label=\"Read less\">Read less<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__below-main\">\n<div data-org-name=\"video-playlist\" data-org-type=\"layout-list\" class=\"o-layout-list  grid-1-2-3\" data-layout-list-wrapper>\n<div class=\"o-layout-list__item\">\n<div class=\"m-item-list-article m-item-list-article--content-visibility m-item-list-article--hor-to-ver\" data-article-list>\n<a class=\"m-item-image m-item-image--16x9\" href=\"\/en\/ukraine-strikes-russia-zelensky-says-response-to-moscow-s-agression-justified\" data-article-item-link aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/bfeaca7a-51fd-11f1-b417-005056a90284\/w:720\/p:16x9\/EN-20260517-160317-160749-CS.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/bfeaca7a-51fd-11f1-b417-005056a90284\/w:177\/p:16x9\/EN-20260517-160317-160749-CS.jpg 177w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/bfeaca7a-51fd-11f1-b417-005056a90284\/w:388\/p:16x9\/EN-20260517-160317-160749-CS.jpg 388w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/bfeaca7a-51fd-11f1-b417-005056a90284\/w:480\/p:16x9\/EN-20260517-160317-160749-CS.jpg 480w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/bfeaca7a-51fd-11f1-b417-005056a90284\/w:720\/p:16x9\/EN-20260517-160317-160749-CS.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) calc(100vw - 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32px), (max-width: 1076px) calc(50vw - 64px), 322px\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" alt=\"UK political crisis: PM Keir Starmer under pressure to resign\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"a-img \"><\/p>\n<p>                        <span class=\"a-content-icon\"><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__infos\">\n<div class=\"article__title \">\n    <a href=\"\/en\/uk-pm-keir-starmer-under-pressure-to-reseign\" data-article-item-link><\/p>\n<h2>UK political crisis: PM Keir Starmer under pressure to resign<\/h2>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__metadata\">\n<div class=\"article__date\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-17T10:32:23+02:00\"><br \/>\n                                                17\/05\/2026<br \/>\n                                            <\/time><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"m-content-typology\">\n<div class=\"m-master-tag\">\n<div class=\"a-tag-section\">\n                                    Europe\n                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-layout-list__item\">\n<div class=\"m-item-list-article m-item-list-article--content-visibility m-item-list-article--hor-to-ver\" data-article-list>\n<a class=\"m-item-image m-item-image--16x9\" href=\"\/en\/bulgaria-wins-the-70th-eurovision-song-contest-with-bangaranga\" data-article-item-link aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/d32f212e-51c8-11f1-a9ac-005056a90284\/w:720\/p:16x9\/EN-20260517-080147-080349-CS.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/d32f212e-51c8-11f1-a9ac-005056a90284\/w:177\/p:16x9\/EN-20260517-080147-080349-CS.jpg 177w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/d32f212e-51c8-11f1-a9ac-005056a90284\/w:388\/p:16x9\/EN-20260517-080147-080349-CS.jpg 388w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/d32f212e-51c8-11f1-a9ac-005056a90284\/w:480\/p:16x9\/EN-20260517-080147-080349-CS.jpg 480w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/d32f212e-51c8-11f1-a9ac-005056a90284\/w:720\/p:16x9\/EN-20260517-080147-080349-CS.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) calc(100vw - 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