Our recent round-up of interesting facts about Belarus - published to coincide with the 25th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union - unearthed some remarkable things.
The country is the booziest on Earth, it gave us Viber, and is home to some of the continent's last remaining bison. It is also the only nation in Europe that retains the death penalty.
As the map on the left shows, every other European country has abolished it (Russia has abolished it in practice, and has not executed anyone since 1996).
But in Belarus - often dubbed "Europe's last dictatorship" - it continues, with 12 executions taking place in the last seven years and more than 200 since 1990.
Just four countries considered to be industrialised still execute criminals:
- The US
- Japan
- Singapore
- Taiwan
The most recent countries to abolish all capital punishment are:
- Guinea (2016)
- Nauru (2016)
- Congo (2015)
- Suriname (2015)
- Fiji (2015)
- Madagascar (2012)
- Latvia (2012)
- Gabon (2010)
The 58 countries that have the death penalty
- Botswana
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Nigeria
- Somalia
- Somaliland
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Uganda
- Zimbabwe
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Jamaica
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States
- Afghanistan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Japan
- Jordan
- North Korea
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestinian Territories
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- UAE
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Belarus
Total executions in 2015
According to Amnesty International, 25 countries carried out at least 1,630 executions last year.
Nineteen Asian countries:
- Afghanistan (1)
- Bangladesh (4)
- China (exact number unknown)
- India (1)
- Indonesia (14)
- Iran (977+)
- Iraq (26+)
- Japan (3)
- Jordan (2)
- Malaysia (exact number unknown)
- North Korea (exact number unknown)
- Oman (2)
- Pakistan (326)
- Saudi Arabia (158+)
- Singapore (4)
- Taiwan (6)
- UAE (1)
- Vietnam (exact number unknown)
- Yemen (8+)
Five African countries:
- Chad (10)
- Egypt (22+)
- Somalia (25+)
- South Sudan (5+)
- Sudan (3)
One American country:
- United States (28)
Source: The Telegraph, Oliver Smith, Travel, Maps and graphics, Sept. 1, 2016
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