29
12
The charges for two of the death row prisoners tried as terrorists in Punjab are listed as s. 324
Pakistan Penal Code (‘PPC’) (attempt to commit murder), s. 34 PPC (acts done by several persons
in furtherance of common intention) and s. 7(c) ATA (acts of terrorism causing grievous bodily
harm or injury to any person). None of these offences is eligible for punishment with the death
penalty and so it is unclear how these men are held on death row.
13
Likewise, five of the death row prisoners tried in ordinary courts in Punjab are listed as having
been sentenced to death under s. 324 PPC (attempt to commit murder), despite this not being a
death eligible offence.
14
Finally, a further three death row prisoners tried in ordinary courts in Punjab are listed as having
been sentenced to death under s. 201 PPC (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving
false information to screen offender). This likewise is not eligible for punishment with death.
15
Justice Project Pakistan and Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law
School, ‘Policing as torture: A report on systematic brutality and torture by the police in
Faisalabad, Pakistan’, March 2014, p. ii; available at:
http://www.law.yale.edu/documents/pdf/JPP_Launch_Report_050514.pdf (last accessed
9/12/2014)
16
See no. 12 supra.
17
See no. 13 supra.
18
See no. 14 supra.
TERROR ON DEATH ROW
THE ABUSE AND OVERUSE OF PAKISTAN’S ANTI-TERRORISM LEGISLATION