The Disciplining State

“17 And Sentenced To Death” – New Documentary Film

I, with the collaboration of Sohail Yafat and guidance of Rimmel Mohydin, both of Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), filmed this earlier this year, and the excellent team at the New Media Advocacy Project (N-MAP) in New York, led by Madeleine

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“17 And Sentenced To Death” – New Documentary Film

I, with the collaboration of Sohail Yafat and guidance of Rimmel Mohydin, both of Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), filmed this earlier this year, and the excellent team at the New Media Advocacy Project (N-MAP) in New York, led by Madeleine

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Short Documentary Film – #2 – Executed Juvenile Death Row Prisoner Shafqat Hussain

  #BringItBack – Shafqat Hussain If you were being tortured, would you say anything to make it stop?Shafqat Hussain was beaten, burnt with cigarettes, electrocuted through his own urine and had his nails pulled out. The police detained him illegally

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Short Documentary Film – #2 – Executed Juvenile Death Row Prisoner Shafqat Hussain

  #BringItBack – Shafqat Hussain If you were being tortured, would you say anything to make it stop?Shafqat Hussain was beaten, burnt with cigarettes, electrocuted through his own urine and had his nails pulled out. The police detained him illegally

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Sumeira Hussain – Elder Sister of Executed Juvenile Prisoner Shafqat Hussain

We are living in extreme poverty. My brother was killed, but we did everything for him, and sold everything for him. Now there is nothing left. My two remaining brothers work as day labourers, and that too only on days

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Sumeira Hussain – Elder Sister of Executed Juvenile Prisoner Shafqat Hussain

We are living in extreme poverty. My brother was killed, but we did everything for him, and sold everything for him. Now there is nothing left. My two remaining brothers work as day labourers, and that too only on days

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Manzoor Hussein – Elder Brother of Executed Juvenile Prisoner Shafqat Hussain

They had tortured him brutally. We could see it and he told us so. They had pulled his nails out, used electric wires on him, and his skin showed deep bruises where they had burned him with cigarette butts. I

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Manzoor Hussein – Elder Brother of Executed Juvenile Prisoner Shafqat Hussain

They had tortured him brutally. We could see it and he told us so. They had pulled his nails out, used electric wires on him, and his skin showed deep bruises where they had burned him with cigarette butts. I

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Iqbal Bano, Mother Of Death Row Prisoner Khizar Hayat

I have no money. I can’t even afford to pay for a rickshaw to go see him. So I collect money from relatives and friends and go see him every two weeks. Every time I go I do not know

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Iqbal Bano, Mother Of Death Row Prisoner Khizar Hayat

I have no money. I can’t even afford to pay for a rickshaw to go see him. So I collect money from relatives and friends and go see him every two weeks. Every time I go I do not know

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Malik Taj

Malik Taj spent ten years in prison, nine of those on death row. A dispute between families over matters of marriage and promises of the hand of women, Malik Taj was framed in revenge by the family of his brother’s

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Malik Taj

Malik Taj spent ten years in prison, nine of those on death row. A dispute between families over matters of marriage and promises of the hand of women, Malik Taj was framed in revenge by the family of his brother’s

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Sardani Kausar

Sardarni Kausar was accused of the murder of her husband, and sentenced to death. She spent nearly six years on death row before her case was thrown out because of a lack of evidence. Today she is the elected counselor

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Sardani Kausar

Sardarni Kausar was accused of the murder of her husband, and sentenced to death. She spent nearly six years on death row before her case was thrown out because of a lack of evidence. Today she is the elected counselor

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The Death Penalty – Ashraf Banga, Phullarwan Wazir, Sahiwal, Punjab

Ashraf Banga spent nearly eleven years in prison – six of those on death row, because of a false accusation of murder. A dispute over the ownership of land led to a man being killed and charges being bought against

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The Death Penalty – Ashraf Banga, Phullarwan Wazir, Sahiwal, Punjab

Ashraf Banga spent nearly eleven years in prison – six of those on death row, because of a false accusation of murder. A dispute over the ownership of land led to a man being killed and charges being bought against

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Mian Sanaullah

Mian Sanaullah of Kalear Manand, Punjab, spent ten years on death row for a murder he did not commit. A land dispute that resulted in the killing of a man, and accusations of murder being placed against Mian Sanaulla, his

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Mian Sanaullah

Mian Sanaullah of Kalear Manand, Punjab, spent ten years on death row for a murder he did not commit. A land dispute that resulted in the killing of a man, and accusations of murder being placed against Mian Sanaulla, his

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Mohammed Ajmal

Mohammed Ajmal and Mohammed Azam (above) were sentenced to death in 2004 for armed robbery and the murder of man while trying to make their escape. The conviction, based on the evidence presented by three witnesses from the murdered man’s

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Mohammed Ajmal

Mohammed Ajmal and Mohammed Azam (above) were sentenced to death in 2004 for armed robbery and the murder of man while trying to make their escape. The conviction, based on the evidence presented by three witnesses from the murdered man’s

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Mohammed Azam

Mohammed Ajmal and Mohammed Azam (above) were sentenced to death in 2004 for armed robbery and the murder of man while trying to make their escape. The conviction, based on the evidence presented by three witnesses from the murdered man’s

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Mohammed Azam

Mohammed Ajmal and Mohammed Azam (above) were sentenced to death in 2004 for armed robbery and the murder of man while trying to make their escape. The conviction, based on the evidence presented by three witnesses from the murdered man’s

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Imran Murdana

Imran Murdana, son of Mohammed Ameen Murdana, was convicted in 1995 of the murder of Zawar Ali Khan and his son Rab Nawaz Ali Khan, and sentenced to death. He spent nearly eleven years behind barsin the Sahiwal Central Jail,

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Imran Murdana

Imran Murdana, son of Mohammed Ameen Murdana, was convicted in 1995 of the murder of Zawar Ali Khan and his son Rab Nawaz Ali Khan, and sentenced to death. He spent nearly eleven years behind barsin the Sahiwal Central Jail,

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Mohammed Ameen Murdana

Imran Murdana, son of Mohammed Ameen Murdana, was convicted in 1995 of the murder of Zawar Ali Khan and his son Rab Nawaz Ali Khan, and sentenced to death. He spent nearly eleven years behind barsin the Sahiwal Central Jail,

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Mohammed Ameen Murdana

Imran Murdana, son of Mohammed Ameen Murdana, was convicted in 1995 of the murder of Zawar Ali Khan and his son Rab Nawaz Ali Khan, and sentenced to death. He spent nearly eleven years behind barsin the Sahiwal Central Jail,

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Raising Concerns In Eastern Punjab

I am traveling in the regions east of Okara and Sahiwal, towards the border with India. I am here to meet with and speak to ex-death row prisoners who have either completed their sentences or were pardoned after some years

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Raising Concerns In Eastern Punjab

I am traveling in the regions east of Okara and Sahiwal, towards the border with India. I am here to meet with and speak to ex-death row prisoners who have either completed their sentences or were pardoned after some years

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