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Pakistan Uses Executions As Political Weapon: Rights Group
A human rights watchdog on Friday accused Pakistan of using executions as a "political tool" - and even a means to deal with prison overcrowding.
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Death Warrant Issued For Pakistani Mentally Ill Man
Pakistani authorities issued a death warrant for a mentally ill condemned prisoner on Wednesday after the country's Supreme Court ruled that his schizophrenia is "not a permanent mental disorder".
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Pakistan Postpones Hanging of Disabled Death Row Convict
Pakistan has postponed the execution of a paraplegic death row convict following appeals by human rights groups, officials said today.
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Pakistan Hangs Man 'Tortured' Into Confessing Murder at 15
Pakistan today executed a man who rights groups say was tortured into confessing to a murder committed more than two decades ago, when he was still a minor, prison officials said.
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Pakistan Hangs 9 as Death Row Convict's Mother Begs for Mercy
Pakistan hanged nine death row convicts today, media said, as the mother of a man charged as a child with murder and due to be hanged this week begged the president for mercy.
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Death Warrant Issued for Pakistani Convicted as Teen
Pakistani authorities today issued a death warrant for a killer condemned as a teenager, as a triple murderer was hanged in the 25th execution since the country resumed capital punishment in December.
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Pakistan Uses Executions As Political Weapon: Rights Group
A human rights watchdog on Friday accused Pakistan of using executions as a "political tool" - and even a means to deal with prison overcrowding.
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Death Warrant Issued For Pakistani Mentally Ill Man
Pakistani authorities issued a death warrant for a mentally ill condemned prisoner on Wednesday after the country's Supreme Court ruled that his schizophrenia is "not a permanent mental disorder".
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Pakistan Postpones Hanging of Disabled Death Row Convict
Pakistan has postponed the execution of a paraplegic death row convict following appeals by human rights groups, officials said today.
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Pakistan Hangs Man 'Tortured' Into Confessing Murder at 15
Pakistan today executed a man who rights groups say was tortured into confessing to a murder committed more than two decades ago, when he was still a minor, prison officials said.
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Pakistan Hangs 9 as Death Row Convict's Mother Begs for Mercy
Pakistan hanged nine death row convicts today, media said, as the mother of a man charged as a child with murder and due to be hanged this week begged the president for mercy.
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Death Warrant Issued for Pakistani Convicted as Teen
Pakistani authorities today issued a death warrant for a killer condemned as a teenager, as a triple murderer was hanged in the 25th execution since the country resumed capital punishment in December.
