Pakistan government ends moratorium on executions

[JURIST] Pakistan's new government on Thursday lifted the country's moratorium on executions. The Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), a center-right party, took power during elections in May, defeating the incumbent Pakistan People's Party (PPP) [official websites]. PML-N Interior Ministry spokesman Umer Hameed declared [AFP report] that the government will begin to impose the death penalty on a case-by-case basis. Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] sharply criticized [press release] Pakistan's reinstatement of the death penalty as an unjust and ineffective response to...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/07/pakistan-government-ends-moratorium-on-executions.php

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