Beheading, stoning and castration – the most brutal punishments faced by criminals around the globe
Hanging, beheading, stoning, electrocution and shooting by firing squad are favoured punishments in many parts of the world
THE HOME Office lists a whole life term prison sentence as the strongest form of punishment in the UK which means the person is never considered for release.
However this pales in comparison to some of the extreme punishments which are dished out across the globe.
Hanging, beheading, stoning, electrocution and shooting by firing squad are favoured punishments in many parts of the world, .
Executions are often undertaken in an extremely public manner, with public hangings in Iran or live broadcasts of lethal injections in the USA.
Apart from drug-related offences, people were executed for crimes such as adultery, blasphemy, corruption, kidnapping and “questioning the leader’s policies”.
The death penalty is legal in 58 countries.
The five top executioners in 2015 were China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the USA.
Limb amputations, caning, castrations and other forms of torture are also served as punishments in some countries for various crimes which includes gambling and contact between an unmarried couple.
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo introduced the series of tough punishments for child sex offenders in May which includes chemical castration.
The procedure involves administering medication, via injection or tablets, to take away sexual interest and make it impossible for a person to perform sexual acts.
The effects are reversible once the person stops taking the drug.
President Widodo said he believes chemical castration will bring down sex crimes and in time, eventually wipe them out.
Here are some of the severe and controversial punishments and where they are legal:
- Caning - Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and some African countries
- Stoning - Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Pakistan, Iran, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Nigeria
- Hanging - Iran, Pakistan, USA, Egypt, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Botswana, India, Belize, Brunei, Cameroon, Gambia, Antigua and Barbuda, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Myanmar, Eritrea, Nigeria, Oman, the Palestinian Authority in Gaza, South Sudan and Sudan, Sierra Leone, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tanzania, Tonga, Tunisia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Firing Squad - Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, India, China, North Korea, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Nigeria, Oman, Yemen, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Belarus, Gambia, Somalia, Eritrea, Benin, Qatar, Sierra Leone, Syria, Uganda, USA.
- Beheading - Saudi Arabia, Benin, Yemen, Qatar
- Electrocution - USA
- Falling from a height - Iran
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