PARIS: Kuwait on Wednesday became the latest country to revive capital punishment, hanging seven prisoners for the first time since 2017, amid a spike of executions in the Gulf.

Most countries have abolished the death penalty, with Equatorial Guinea in central Africa the latest to announce in September it was ending the practice decried by rights groups.

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