Amnesty International opposes death sentence given to Jadhav

April 10, 2017 20:51

In a statement, Amnesty International has opposed the death sentence given to Kulbhushan Jadhav after the Pakistani army court found him guilty of espionage and sabotage activities.

By sentencing Indian national Kulbushan Jadhav to death, Pakistan's military court system has once again showed how it "rides roughshod over international standards", Amnesty International said.

"The death sentence given to Kulbushan Jadhav shows yet again how Pakistan's military court system rides roughshod over international standards," Biraj Patnaik, South Asia Director, Amnesty International, said in response to Pakistan military court sentencing Jadhav to death for alleged spying.

"Stripping defendants of their rights and operating in notorious secrecy, military courts do not dispense justice but travesty it. They are an inherently abusive system that are best left to deal with issues of military discipline, not any other crimes," Patnaik said in a statement.

Earlier today, Pakistan announced that they were awarding the the death sentence to the 46-year-old former naval officer.

Reacting strongly, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar in New Delhi summoned Pakistan high commissioner to India Abdul Basit and gave a demarche, which said the proceedings that have led to the sentence against Jadhav are farcical in the absence of any credible evidence against him.

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