Ahead of a 30 April deadline set by the ruling coalition, Amnesty
International calls on the Pakistan government to reinstate around 60
judges of the higher courts removed by President Pervez Musharraf under
emergency law, in defiance of the country’s constitution.
The Pakistan government must reinstate around 60 judges removed by President Pervez Musharraf under emergency law, ahead
of a 30 April deadline set by the ruling coalition.
Twenty-eight people have been executed in Iraq this week following what appear to have been hasty and unfair trials.
The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the state of Kentucky's lethal injection procedures are constitutional.
Patrick Okoroafor was just 14 years old when he was arrested in May
1995. Two years later, he was sentenced to death for robbery.
At least 1,200 people were executed in 2007 and many more were killed
by the state, in secret, in countries including China, Mongolia and
Viet Nam.
An Egyptian military court sentenced 25 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood to jail on Tuesday - a verdict described by Amnesty International as a "perversion of justice".
Eight men convicted of undermining the monarchy in Morocco last year have been released after they were pardoned by the King.
A prominent trade unionist in Iran has been released from detention after serving a one-year prison sentence.
The UK government's policy of "deportation with assurances" was called
into question on Wednesday by decisions of the Court of Appeal of
England and Wales in two key cases.
