Papua New Guinea: further information on: death penalty: Charles Ombusu

Index Number: ASA 34/002/1996
Date Published: 14 April 1996
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Papua New Guinea

The death sentence against the above was lifted on 2 April 1996, following the overturning of his conviction for wilful murder and rape. He remains in detention pending a decision on a retrial and on whether the two cases should be heard separately.