WASHINGTON: *Amnesty International gives a surprise response over formerPakistani President Pervaiz Musharraf death penalty.*
Amnesty International, a leading campaigner for human rights, has expressedconcern over death sentence awarded to former president Pervez Musharraf ina high treason case.
Responding to the conviction Amnesty International in a statement said thatit is crucial that the former military ruler receives a fair trial “withoutrecourse to the death penalty.”
Amnesty has been campaigning for decades for the abolition of death penaltyin the world.
“The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment;it metes out vengeance, not justice,” said the statement while explainingthe group’s position on this issue.
The special court on Tuesday awarded death sentence to former presidentPervez Musharraf in high treason case against him.
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The special court, headed by Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth decided the hightreason case with 2-1 split verdict against Musharraf.
The high treason trial for imposing the state of emergency on Nov 3, 2007,had been pending since December 2013. Musharraf was indicted on March 31,2014.
The former military chief is presently admitted at a hospital in Dubai in aserious condition.
