The World - News from April 17, 1986
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Amnesty International issued a report saying it has documented 1,125 executions worldwide in 1985 but that the unknown total is much larger. The London-based human rights organization said it counted only those executions for which it obtained individual details. Some countries retain the death penalty but do not carry it out, the report said. It added that there were some encouraging developments in 1985 in efforts to abolish the death penalty, with all Australian states now forbidding capital punishment.
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