PAKISTAN: SENATE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE VOTES AGAINST PUBLIC HANGING FOR RAPISTS
Pakistan’s Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights passed a resolution on December 30, 2023 against a proposal to impose the death penalty by public hanging of capital offenders and rapists in particular.
Pakistan’s Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights passed a resolution on December 30, 2023 against a proposal to impose the death penalty by public hanging of capital offenders and rapists in particular.
In September 2023, Senator Mushtaq Ahmed of Jamaat e Islami moved a bill in favor of public hanging. This bill had been approved during a session of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior Affairs.
However, last week, the Senate Human Rights Committee, by a majority of the members present, opposed any constitutional amendments that call for public execution for capital offenses, according to reports by the Associated Press of Pakistan APP, a state-owned news agency.
The Senate Standing Committee meeting was chaired by Senator Waleed Iqbal.
- (Source: Jpost, 03/01/2024)
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