Ngelixa inani lokubulawa liqhubeka ukwehla kwihlabathi liphela, izigwebo zokufa ziqhutywa ngokuzinzileyo okanye ngokwanda kwamanye amazwe. Ngaphandle kwemiceli mngeni mikhulu ebusweni bendyikitya yokufa komhlaba, amazwe ali-18 aqhubekile nokubulawa ngo-2020. Oku kuboniswa yingxelo yonyaka ngokusetyenziswa kwesigwebo sentambo Amnesty International esanda kupapashwa.
Ehlabathini lonke, inani lababhalisiweyo ngo-2020 ubuncinci ngama-483-elona nani liphantsi lokubulawa kwabantu okurekhodwe yi-Amnesty International kwisithuba seminyaka elishumi. Umahluko ocacileyo kule meko intle ngamanani ase-Egypt: kukho amatyeli amathathu okubulawa ngo-2020 njengakunyaka odlulileyo. Ulawulo lwase-US phantsi kukaMongameli uTrump luye lwaqala ukwenza ukubulawa kwakhona kwinqanaba likaRhulumente kwakhona ngoJulayi 2020 emva kokuba bemisiwe iminyaka eli-17. Amadoda alishumi abulawa kwiinyanga nje ezintandathu. I-India, i-Oman, i-Qatar kunye ne-Taiwan baphinde baqala ukubulawa kunyaka ophelileyo. Ubuncinci indoda enye yagwetyelwa ukufa kwaye yabulawa e-China emva kokuba abasemagunyeni babhengeze ukuba bazokulwa nolwaphulo-mthetho olujongela phantsi amanyathelo okulwa ne-COVID-19.
Amazwe angama-123 ngoku axhasa ikhwelo le-UN General Assembly lokuba kumiswe ukubulawa kwabantu - amazwe amaninzi kunakuqala. Kukho uxinzelelo olukhulayo kwamanye amazwe ukuba ajoyine le ndlela. Umkhwa wokushiya isohlwayo sokufa uyaqhubeka kwihlabathi liphela. “Ngelixa kwakusekho amazwe abambelela kwisigwebo sentambo ngo-2020, umfanekiso uphela wawulungile. Inani lababhalisiweyo liyaqhubeka ukwehla - into ethetha ukuba umhlaba uyaqhubeka ukushiya eyona nkohlakalo nehlazo kuzo zonke izohlwayo, utshilo u-Annemarie Schlack.
Kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, iVirginia yaba lilizwe lokuqala emazantsi eMelika ukufezekisa oku isigwebo sentambo kude. Ngo-2020, isigwebo sentambo saye sapheliswa eChad nakwilizwe laseMelika iColorado, Kazakhstan yazibophelela ekuphelisweni komthetho wamazwe aphesheya, kwaye iBarbados yaphumeza uhlengahlengiso ukuze kuphakanyiswe ukusetyenziswa kwesigwebo sentambo.
Ukusukela ngo-Epreli 2021, amazwe ali-108 asiphelisile isigwebo sentambo kuzo zonke izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho. Amazwe ali-144 asiphelisile isigwebo sentambo ngokusebenza komthetho okanye isenzo-isenzo esingenakuguqulwa.
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