Kuwait executed seven people on 25 January 2017, the first hangings since 2013. Six had been convicted of murder and one of kidnapping and rape; none was sentenced for a drug offence. Human Rights Watch noted that Kuwait still kept the death penalty for non-violent offences including drug smuggling.[1]
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References
- Human Rights Watch — Kuwait: First executions in 4 yearsNews release, 26 January 2017, listing the seven convictions and noting the death penalty for drug smugglingarchived
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