| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
Aiding Executions?: How Aid Donors and the UN Enable the Death Penalty for Drug Offences
Aiding Executions?: How Aid Donors and the UN Enable the Death Penalty for Drug Offences
Over the last decade, aid donors spent approximately $60 million on 'narcotics control' projects in countries that retain the death penalty for drug-related offences, including Iran, which carried out 79% of the world's confirmed drug-related executions in 2025. This report follows the money. (HRI – Harm reduction International, UK, 16.06.2026)
https://hri.global/publications/aiding-executions-how-aid-donors-un-enable-death-penalty-for-drugs/