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ISLAMABAD: The Amnesty International says 2021 saw a worrying rise in executions and death sentences as some of the world’s most prolific executioners returned to business as usual and courts were unshackled from Covid-19 restrictions. In its annual review of the death penalty released on Tuesday, Amnesty estimates that at least 579 executions were known to have been carried out …

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