In 2021, there were five executions recorded in Bangladesh and three executions recorded in Japan. Further executions in the Asia-Pacific region were recorded in China, North Korea, and Vietnam, with China reported to have conducted the highest number of executions worldwide that year. However, the three countries did not publish official numbers for their number of executions conducted in 2021.
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Amnesty International. (May 24, 2022). Number of recorded executions in the Asia-Pacific region in 2021, by selected country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 08, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1165923/apac-number-of-recorded-executions-by-country-or-region/
Amnesty International. "Number of recorded executions in the Asia-Pacific region in 2021, by selected country." Chart. May 24, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 08, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1165923/apac-number-of-recorded-executions-by-country-or-region/
Amnesty International. (2022). Number of recorded executions in the Asia-Pacific region in 2021, by selected country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 08, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1165923/apac-number-of-recorded-executions-by-country-or-region/
Amnesty International. "Number of Recorded Executions in The Asia-pacific Region in 2021, by Selected Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1165923/apac-number-of-recorded-executions-by-country-or-region/
Amnesty International, Number of recorded executions in the Asia-Pacific region in 2021, by selected country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1165923/apac-number-of-recorded-executions-by-country-or-region/ (last visited February 08, 2023)
Number of recorded executions in the Asia-Pacific region in 2021, by selected country [Graph], Amnesty International, May 24, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1165923/apac-number-of-recorded-executions-by-country-or-region/