The public prosecutions agency reported that Kuwait executed seven persons for murder at the first such execution since 2017.
This occurred despite protests from a well-known rights group. One Ethiopian woman, one Kuwaiti woman, three Kuwaiti males, a Syrian, and a Pakistani were all hanged, according to a statement.
The executions are the first since January 25, 2017, when a group of seven people, including a member of the royal family, were also hanged in the oil-rich Gulf nation. They follow Saudi Arabia’s announcement that it had executed two Pakistani nationals for smuggling heroin just days prior, putting an end to an almost three-year respite in drug-related executions.
Amnesty International called the executions the ultimate brutal, inhuman, and humiliating punishment in a statement released late on Tuesday.
According to a statement from Amnesty International’s deputy regional director Amna Guellali, Kuwaiti authorities must immediately declare an official moratorium on executions. In the Gulf area, executions of 81 individuals in one day in March, which drew international condemnation, are commonplace, especially in Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Since adopting the death sentence in the middle of the 1960s, Kuwait has executed scores of individuals. The majority of individuals who were sentenced were murderers or drug dealers.
Three men found guilty of murder were executed by Kuwaiti authorities in April 2013. Two months later, two Egyptians who had been found guilty of murder and kidnapping were put to death. Members of the Al-Sabah dynasty, which has ruled Kuwait for more than 250 years, have previously received death sentences from Kuwaiti courts. Kuwait has an elected parliament and a thriving political environment.
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While it is the responsibility of the Kuwaiti government to bring those responsible for major crimes to justice, Guellali stated that suspects must be tried in conformity with international law in proceedings that uphold Kuwait’s commitments to uphold international human rights. She continued that the authorities must immediately impose a formal moratorium on executions to completely abolish the death sentence.
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