As Arab Ministers of Interior began their annual meeting...

As Arab Ministers of Interior began their annual meeting in Tunis to discuss measures to combat "terrorism", Amnesty International called for the Arab Convention for the Suppression of Terrorism to be amended to conform with international human rights and humanitarian law.
Amnesty said that under the pretext of punishing crimes of "terrorism", the Convention widens the scope of the death penalty in many countries and does not prohibit its imposition against minors, pregnant women and mentally handicapped persons. Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases as it violates the right to life and is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.
There are no safeguards in relation to surrender of individuals or extradition in the Convention. Amnesty International said that surrender and extradition must not be carried out to a jurisdiction where alleged suspects would become prisoners of conscience, subject to the imposition of the death penalty, or torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.