Iran. Iran hangs ‘sultan of cocaine’ as UN warns of rising executions UN human rights chief says Iran has executed more than 10 people each week so far this year. (Al Jazeera, Katar, 10.05.2023) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/10/iran-hang...

UN. Contribution of the Human Rights Council with regard to the human rights implications of drug policy. Human Rights Council, Fifty-second session, 27 February–4 April 2023 A/HRC/52/L.22/Rev.1 ...

Singapur. Singapore executes man for trafficking two pounds of cannabis  A Singaporean man convicted of trying to traffic around 2.2 pounds of cannabis was executed on Wednesday, a sentence lambasted by rights groups and campaigners for its ...

Malaysia. Malaysia set to scrap mandatory death penalty for range of serious crimes Reform could mean reprieves for some of the 1,300 prisoners on death row, including 500 foreigners. (The Guardian, UK, 04.04.2023) https://www.theguardian.com/wo...

Afghanistan: Rounded up from the streets into Taliban drug rehab "I was under the bridge trying to get some drugs when I felt a hand grab me from behind. It was the Taliban. They had come to take us away." Mohamed Omar recalls the moment Taliban...

Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the 66th CND (Video) (Drug Reporter, Ungarn, 19.03.2023, Video, 05:06) https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ph6gMbGmIrA