Three quarters of executions in 2008 took place in Asia

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Updated March 24, 2009 20:40:23

In its latest survey of the use of the death penalty around the world, the international rights group, Amnesty International, says that almost 2400 people were executed in 25 countries in 2008. Perhaps most notable was the execution of 15 people in Japan. It's not widely known that Japan still uses the death penalty, and this is the country's highest rate of executions since 1975. Over all, three quarters of all executions in 2008 took place in Asia.

Presenter: Zulfikar Abbany
Speaker: Sam Zarifi, Asia Pacific programme director, Amnesty International, London

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