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In the US, members of the public can visit the jail where an execution is about to take place.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cameron |first=Claire |date=2020-12-12 |title='There's nothing to prepare you': what it's like to witness an execution |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/12/death-penalty-us-executions-witness-statements |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
Amnesty International's Interim Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Rawya Rageh, criticized Kuwait's execution of five individuals, including one for a drug-related offense, as a return to executions with "vigour," urging the establishment of a moratorium on executions towards abolishing the death penalty. The executions, part of a disturbing trend in the Gulf Cooperation Council, were announced on July 27, 2023, after a pause of five years starting from 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-28 |title= Kuwait: Five hanged as Kuwait continues execution spree into second year |language=en |work=Amnesty International |url= https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/07/kuwait-five-hanged-as-kuwait-continues-execution-spree-into-second-year/ |access-date=2023-07-31}}</ref>
==See also==
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