India: 16 prisoners at risk of execution

Index Number: ASA 20/040/2012
Date Published: 26 November 2012
Categories: India

Following the recent execution of Ajmal Kasab, there is fear that Indian authorities may similarly execute other prisoners with petitions for mercy currently pending. On 21 November 2012, the Indian government executed Pakistani national Ajmal Kasab, convicted for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. This was the first execution in India in eight years.