Asian nations embrace death penalty, led by ChinaAFP , SINGAPORE / Monday, Jan 19, 2004, Page 5 . . . Singapore, the nation that human-rights group Amnesty International says has the highest death penalty rate per capita in the world. According to Amnesty, 408 people have been hanged ...many parts of Asia, capital punishment is on the rise, with China, Vietnam, Bangladesh and most recently the Philippines ...Amnesty said it had been able to determine 1,060 executions in China in 2002 and 2,468 the year before, with the actual number believed to be far higher... The Philippines is closely following Japan, where 43 people have been executed since 1993.
