Global rights bodies demand Pak not to resume execution
August 17, 2013 01:58
Pakistan should revoke its decision to resume executions and renew its moratorium on the death penalty, global rights groups have said.
The Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists said in a joint letter to the Pakistani government today.
"After a five-year unofficial moratorium on executions, Pakistan's new government has said it intends to resume the heinous practice of sending people to the gallows," said Ali Dayan Hasan, Pakistan director at Human Rights Watch.
"The government should instead declare an official moratorium, commute all existing death sentences, and then abolish the death penalty once and for all," he said.
The two bodies urged the Pakistani government to demonstrate its commitment to international human rights obligations by halting all executions, immediately adopting a moratorium on the death penalty, and abolishing the death penalty permanently in domestic law.
The Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists said in a joint letter to the Pakistani government today.
"After a five-year unofficial moratorium on executions, Pakistan's new government has said it intends to resume the heinous practice of sending people to the gallows," said Ali Dayan Hasan, Pakistan director at Human Rights Watch.
"The government should instead declare an official moratorium, commute all existing death sentences, and then abolish the death penalty once and for all," he said.
The two bodies urged the Pakistani government to demonstrate its commitment to international human rights obligations by halting all executions, immediately adopting a moratorium on the death penalty, and abolishing the death penalty permanently in domestic law.
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