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DEATH PENALTY: Rights groups urge Pakistan to call off juvenile execution
8/Jun/2015 News
Shafqat Hussain is expected to be hanged on Tuesday for an offence he 'confessed' to committing after nine days of torture.  
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ASIA-PACIFIC: Cost of child maltreatment tops $200 billion annually, reports UNICEF
3/Jun/2015 News
Statistics show that failure to prevent violence against children is resulting in serious economic costs to countries, UNICEF warned at the launch of its ‘End Violence against Children’ campaign in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 
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IRAN : Un mineur risque une exécution imminente
19/May/2015 News
Hamid Ahmadi, a été inculpé lorsqu’il avait 16 ans, et pourrait être exécuté de manière imminente, même si son affaire est en cours de réexamen.
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IRAN: Juvenile offender faces imminent execution
18/May/2015 News
Hamid Ahmadi was convicted of fatally stabbing a man during a group fight that took place when he was 16 years old. 
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CAMPAIGNING: Joint letter expressing deep concern over Pakistani death row juvenile
8/May/2015 News
CRIN together with other human rights organisations sent a third letter to Pakistan's Federal Minister for Interior to emphasise the need for a fair and transparent inquiry in line with human right standards.
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PAKISTAN: Court allows challenge to execution of man convicted as juvenile
17/Apr/2015 News
The Islamabad High Court has today said it will hear the first significant legal challenge to the execution of Shafqat Hussain who was convicted as a juvenile.
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DEATH PENALTY: Submission to the report of the Secretary General on the question of the death penalty
17/Apr/2015 Publication
Our research indicates that in 16 countries, capital punishment for children remains on the statute books or is carried out despite being prohibited.
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PAKISTAN: Government investigators hide death-row man’s records
14/Apr/2015 News
Pakistani government investigators have confiscated and tampered with evidence relating to the case of Shafqat Hussain, whose recent stay of execution is due to expire this week.
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