PAKISTAN: HRCP FOR STAYING EXECUTION

the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) noted with concern the issuance of death warrants for a man in Sukkur jail scheduled to be hanged on January 12, and demanded withdrawal of the order, calling upon the government to continue with the informal moratorium on the death penalty in place since 2008. “We call upon the government to urgently withdraw the warrants and also demand that the government issue another notification staying execution of all death penalty convicts in Pakistan, as the notification issued by the president in August [2010] had suspended executions until December 31,” a statement issued by the Commission said.