Pakistan

Human Rights in ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN

USA (Virginia): Further Info on death penalty/Legal concern, Mir ...
7 November 2002

Mir Aimal Kasi was executed in Virginia on the evening of 14 November. He was tried in 1997 for the murder of Frank Darling in 1993.

Urgent Action       AMR 51/171/2002

USA: Further Information on death penalty/Legal concern, Mir Aimal ...
7 November 2002

Mir Aimal Kasi's execution, originally scheduled for 7 November, is now due to take place on 14 November. A final appeal to the US Supreme Court was filed by Mir ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/166/2002

Pakistan: Possible prisoner of conscience/detention without charge ...
7 November 2002

Dr Amir Aziz is being held without charge at an unknown location. There are fears that he may be forcibly transferred to US custody, where he may be at risk of ...

Urgent Action       ASA 33/033/2002

Pakistan: Imminent execution of Mir Aimal Kasi raises fears for ...
1 November 2002

Amnesty International is concerned that Mir Aimal Kasi is scheduled to be executed on 14 November 2002. In Fairfax, Virginia, USA, he was charged with the murder ...

Report       ASA 33/034/2002

The Wire, November 2002. Vol. 32, No.9.
1 November 2002

1.) Colombia: Town abandoned to it's fate; 2.) Russian Federation: Justice denied;3.) Afghanistan: An opportunity to help build a better furture; 4.) Iraq: ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/009/2002

Pakistan: No protection against targeted killings
15 October 2002

The report describes several cases of targeted killings of Shi'a professionals, particularly doctors and of Christians and Westerners in the recent past, examines ...

Report       ASA 33/030/2002

USA: Death penalty/Legal concern, Mir Aimal Kasi
30 September 2002

Mir Aimal Kasi is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on 7 November. He was tried in 1997 for the murder of Frank Darling in 1993.

Urgent Action       AMR 51/155/2002

Children and the death penalty: Executions worldwide since 1990
24 September 2002

The attached document gives details of cases of child offenders executed since 1990 and cites the relevant international standards. Two tables are appended: a list ...

Report       ACT 50/007/2002

Pakistan: Further Information on Fear for safety/Death threats
16 September 2002

Rukhsana Bunyad, an elected councillor from Mianwali, Punjab, was acquitted on 9 September, and released from prison that day.

Urgent Action       ASA 33/029/2002

Death Penalty News: September 2002
31 August 2002

1.) Abolition in Turkey, Yugoslavia and Cyprus; 2.) Philippines suspends executions; 3.) Moratorium in Guatemala; 4.) Barbados, Belize - moves to restrict appeals ...

Newsletter       ACT 53/004/2002