Capital punishment in Yemen
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Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Yemen. Per capita, Yemen has one of the highest execution rates in the world.[1][2] Capital punishment is typically carried out by shooting,[3] and executions occasionally take place in public. In addition to being the only individual in the country with the authority to grant clemency, the President of Yemen must ratify all executions handed down by any court before they are carried out.[4] Since 2014, large parts of the north and north-west of the country are under the control of the extremist Houthi rebel group, who have presided over an expansion in the use of the death penalty.[5]