UAE: Fear of imminent crucifixion and execution

Index Number: MDE 25/010/1997
Date Published: 7 September 1997
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, UAE

Majid Fakher Hussein Majeed and Abdul Mehdi Karim Mushtaq: The two men named above are reported to be facing imminent crucifixion and execution, after being sentenced to death earlier this year, for the murder of five people in a series of robberies.