Entries tagged with “North Korea”
Apr 15, 2026
New Harm Reduction International Report: Drug-Related Executions Worldwide Reached Record High in 2025 Amid Intensification of “War on Drugs” Rhetoric
2025 marked the highest number of drug-related executions worldwide since Harm Reduction International (HRI) began reporting numbers in 2007. In its new report, The Death Penalty for Drug Offenses: Global Overview 2025, HRI explains that a“small but resolute group of countries” are responsible for a record 1,212 executions, which is likely an undercount due to secrecy laws in the high application nations of China, North Korea, and Vietnam preventing disclosure of…
Apr 14, 2025
Amnesty International Global Report (2024): Lowest Number of Countries Carried Out Highest Number of Recorded Executions in a Decade
According to Amnesty International’s Annual Death Penalty Report, 15 countries carried out 1,518 known executions in 2024, constituting the lowest number of executing countries for the second consecutive year and the highest recorded execution figure since 2015, driven by increases in Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. 46 countries imposed 2,087 new death sentences in 2024, a 14% decrease from the prior year; however, changes in the accessibility of information…
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Oct 12, 2023
Worldwide Wednesday International Roundup: China, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Vietnam
October 10, 2023 marked the 21st World Day Against the Death Penalty. Regarding this year’s theme,“The Death Penalty, an Irreversible Torture,” Raphaël Chenuil Hazan, executive director of France-based abolitionist group EPCM, said“Today, we no longer need to demonstrate to anyone that the death penalty is a sophisticated form of torture, both in the phase of sentencing or investigation (where physical and psychological torture is often used to obtain…