article_snippet.sent: Amnesty's figures do not include statistics on executions carried out in China, where information on the practice is regarded as a state secret.
article_snippet.sent: Belarus and Vietnam, too, do not release data on death penalty cases.
article_snippet.sent: While figures are not available, Amnesty estimates that China also executes "thousands" of prisoners each year, "more than the rest of the world put together.
article_snippet.sent: In 2014 Amnesty International raised particular concerns in relation to court proceedings in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka.
article_snippet.sent: Amnesty estimates that at least 19,094 people were believed to be on death row at the end of 2014.