Five men under sentence of death in Yemen could be executed as early as 11 November: they have exhausted all their appeals, and their death sentences have been ratified by the president.
Yasser Ismail, Basheer Ismail, 'Arif Far'i, Mubarek Ghalib and Murad Ghalib were sentenced to death in July 2006 for the murder of two men; they are held at the Central Prison in the city of Ta'iz. The Appeal Court in Ta'iz rejected their appeals against their death sentences in March 2008, and the Supreme Court did the same in June 2009. According to sources in Yemen their execution had been scheduled for 31 October, but was postponed until 11 November.
At least nine people have been executed in Yemen so far this year, and in 2008 at least 13 people were executed. There are hundreds of people under sentence of death in Yemen.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Amnesty International has long-standing concerns about the use of the death penalty in Yemen, particularly as death sentences are often passed after proceedings which fall short of international standards for fair trial.
Amnesty International acknowledges the right and responsibility of governments to bring to justice those suspected of recognizably criminal offenses, but is unconditionally opposed to the death penalty in all cases as the ultimate cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment, and as a violation of the right to life.
Source: Amnesty International, Nov. 4, 2009
Yasser Ismail, Basheer Ismail, 'Arif Far'i, Mubarek Ghalib and Murad Ghalib were sentenced to death in July 2006 for the murder of two men; they are held at the Central Prison in the city of Ta'iz. The Appeal Court in Ta'iz rejected their appeals against their death sentences in March 2008, and the Supreme Court did the same in June 2009. According to sources in Yemen their execution had been scheduled for 31 October, but was postponed until 11 November.
At least nine people have been executed in Yemen so far this year, and in 2008 at least 13 people were executed. There are hundreds of people under sentence of death in Yemen.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Amnesty International has long-standing concerns about the use of the death penalty in Yemen, particularly as death sentences are often passed after proceedings which fall short of international standards for fair trial.
Amnesty International acknowledges the right and responsibility of governments to bring to justice those suspected of recognizably criminal offenses, but is unconditionally opposed to the death penalty in all cases as the ultimate cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment, and as a violation of the right to life.
Source: Amnesty International, Nov. 4, 2009
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