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10 key points to understand the situation of French nationals sentenced to death abroad (2025)
10 key points to understand the situation of French nationals sentenced to death abroad (2024)
The death penalty in the United States (2024)
In the United States, despite the decrease in the number of executions, the use of the capital punishment still convinces a significant part of the American public opinion. For the United States as a whole, the support of the death penalty went from 80% in 1994 to 53% in 2023, according the last surveys of the company Gallup.
Video – The death penalty in Indonesia (2023)
KontraS and ECPM call on the State of Indonesia to seriously consider the situation of the death penalty. In 2022, the number of death sentences peaked, with 82 sentences handed down. Although Indonesia does not release official figures, it was estimated that 483 prisoners were waiting on death row that same year and at least 20% of them were foreigners.
Video – The death penalty in Mauritania (2023)
The AMDH (Association mauritanienne des droits de l'Homme), ECPM's partner in Mauritania, and ECPM, are calling on the Mauritanian government to seriously consider the death penalty situation in the country. While the number of death sentences had remained more or less stable, it exploded in 2021, with 60 death sentences handed down. By 2023, a total of at least 163 people on death row were in prison, including one woman and 18 foreigners.