Amnesty: Lowest number of prisoners executed in 2018
(ALJAZEERA – Saba Aziz) At least 690 prisoners were executed in 20 countries in 2018, marking a 31 percent fall from at least 993 the previous year, according to Amnesty...
Mentally ill prisoner Khizar Hayat passes away after spending 16 years on death row
(DAWN – Rana Bilal) Khizar Hayat, a mentally ill prisoner who spent the last 16 years of his life on death row, passed away on the night of March...
My brother came home from a Saudi jail. Then I woke up from my dream
(DAWN-Asma Shafi) The following is narrated by Asma Shafi to Natasha Zai of Justice Project Pakistan about her brother Ali (not his real name), who was entrapped by overseas...
Pakistani doctors say man on death row is mentally ill
(THE WASHINGTON POST – Associated Press) ISLAMABAD — A rights group says court-appointed doctors have confirmed that a death row prisoner in Pakistan suffers from chronic schizophrenia and requires regular...
Pakistani Doctors Say Man on Death Row Is Mentally Ill
(THE NEW YORK TIMES – The Associated Press) ISLAMABAD — A rights group says court-appointed doctors have confirmed that a death row prisoner in Pakistan suffers from chronic schizophrenia and...
Medical board confirms death row prisoner in Lahore suffers from schizophrenia
(DAWN – Rana Bilal) A medical board constituted on the orders of a Lahore sessions court has confirmed that a 50-year-old prisoner who was previously scheduled to be executed...
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