United Arab Emirates: Further information on death penalty: John Aquino

Index Number: MDE 25/001/1997
Date Published: 9 January 1997
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, UAE

The death sentence against John Aquino, a 33-year-old Filipino worker, was quashed by the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi on 28 December 1996. He will now be retried by the Supreme Court.