Record number of people executed for drug offences in 2023
In its annual report, Harm Reduction International says at least 467 drug-related executions took place last year. At least 467 people were executed for drug offences in 2023, a new record, according to Harm Reduction International (HRI), an NGO that has been tracking the use of the death penalty for drugs since 2007. “Despite not accounting for the dozens, if not hundreds, of executions believed to have taken place in […]
