Editing Capital punishment by country (section)

===Asia===
[[Capital punishment in China|China]] is the world's most active user of the death penalty; according to Amnesty International, China executes more people than the rest of the world combined, each year;<ref>{{cite news |title=Canadian's death sentence in China 'horrific', family says |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46872651 |access-date=15 January 2019 |work=BBC |date=15 January 2019 |quote=China is believed to execute more people annually than any other country, but is highly secretive about the number. Human rights group Amnesty International puts the figure in the thousands - more than the rest of the world's nations put together.}}</ref> but the death penalty for all crimes do not apply to the two [[special administrative region]]s, [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]]. In December 2015, [[Capital punishment in Mongolia|Mongolia]] repealed the death penalty for all crimes.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mongolia: Historic vote abolishes death penalty | website=Amnesty International | date=4 December 2015 | url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2015/12/mongolia-historic-vote-abolishes-death-penalty/ | access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref>

[[Capital punishment in India|India]] rarely executes criminals, carrying out just 30 executions since 1991.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Garg |first=Abinhav |date=20 December 2019 |title=Why death penalty is almost unimplementable in India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/why-death-penalty-is-almost-unimplementable-in-india/articleshow/72869380.cms |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> India most recently executed 4 perpetrators of a [[2012 Delhi gang rape and murder|gang rape and murder case]] in March 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-51969961|title=Nirbhaya case: Four Indian men executed for 2012 Delhi bus rape and murder|work=BBC News|date=20 March 2020}}</ref>

[[Capital punishment in Japan|Japan]] sometimes executes criminals, carrying out 130 executions since 1993. Japan most recently executed [[2008 Akihabara massacre|Tomohiro Katō]] in July 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=Jan 5, 2024 |title=Japan Performed No Executions in 2023, Making U.S. the Only G7 Country to Use Capital Punishment Last Year |url=https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/japan-performed-no-executions-in-2023-making-u-s-the-only-g7-country-to-use-capital-punishment-last-year |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Death Penalty Information Center}}</ref>

According to a 2017 report by the National Human Rights Commission from [[Capital punishment in Myanmar|Myanmar]], over 700 prisoners in 26 prisons across the country had death sentences commuted to life imprisonment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/news/government-hasnt-relaxed-death-penalty.html|title=Government 'hasn't relaxed death penalty'|date=5 July 2018|website=The Myanmar Times|access-date=27 July 2020|archive-date=4 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004145407/https://www.mmtimes.com/news/government-hasnt-relaxed-death-penalty.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Singapore resumed executions in March 2022 after a two-year moratorium due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Singapore came under scrutiny for executing drug traffickers in several high-profile cases, including [[Execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam|Nagaenthran Dharmalingam]] who was hanged in April 2022,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.todayonline.com/world/singapore-executes-malaysian-drugs-charges-after-rejecting-mental-disability-appeal-1884021|title=Singapore executes Malaysian on drugs charges after rejecting mental disability appeal|website=Today|date=27 April 2022|access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=27 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427032144/https://www.todayonline.com/world/singapore-executes-malaysian-drugs-charges-after-rejecting-mental-disability-appeal-1884021|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Tangaraju Suppiah]] who was hanged in April 2023.<ref name="cnn.com">{{cite news |date= 26 April 2023 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/25/asia/singapore-cannabis-execution-tangaraju-suppiah-intl-hnk/index.html |website=CNN|title=Singapore executes man for trafficking two pounds of cannabis }}</ref> In July 2023, a convicted drug trafficker named [[Execution of Saridewi Djamani|Saridewi binte Djamani]] was executed, becoming the first female offender hanged in Singapore in 19 years, after the 2004 hanging of [[Yen May Woen]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66333776|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230728034735/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66333776|url-status= live|archive-date= 28 July 2023|title= Singapore executes woman on drugs charge for the first time in 20 years|website= BBC News|date= 28 July 2023}}</ref> Singapore's first execution for murder since 2019 was carried out in February 2024, when Bangladeshi painter [[Ahmed Salim (murderer)|Ahmed Salim]] was hanged for murdering his ex-girlfriend in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|date=28 February 2024|title=Man who killed ex-fiancee is first person to be executed for murder in Singapore since 2019|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-who-killed-ex-fiancee-is-first-person-to-be-executed-for-murder-in-singapore-since-2019|work=The Straits Times}}</ref>