international harm reduction association
Over 1,000 executed every year for drugs: Report
VIENNA: More than 1,000 people face execution worldwide every year for drug-related offences, the human rights group IHRA on Monday said in a report that called for the practice to be abolished."Hundreds of people are executed for drug offences each year around the world, a figure that very likely exceeds 1,000 when taking into account those countries that keep their death penalty statistics secret," the International Harm Reduction Association said in its Global Overview 2010 report.
Death penalties for drug offences -- mostly manufacturing and trafficking -- are still in place in 32 mostly Asian and Middle Eastern states, the IHRA found.
