Aside from Singapore, which has executed 17 people so far this year, Southeast Asia is retreating from the death penalty.

Singapore: It’s been the hangman’s busiest year in decades; 17 lives so far, all but two of them drug offenders. Singapore ...

Saudi Arabia has executed 340 individuals in 2025, surpassing its own previous record. The majority of these executions are ...

Riyadh breaks its own record for death sentences carried out annually, with 340 executions, according to AFP tally ...

Since the start of 2025, Saudi Arabia has executed 232 people in drug-related cases, constituting the majority of the 340 ...

"The introduction of the death penalty for drug-related offences would lead to additional violations to the already alarming human rights record of the Maldives, including in connection to its use of ...

Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir wore a noose-shaped lapel pin to a Knesset committee hearing on the proposed death penalty bill.

Burkina Faso's Council of Ministers has adopted a bill to restore the death penalty for treason, terrorism, and espionage.

Catholics and pro-life conservatives formed a coalition of more than 50 organizations seeking to end the death penalty.