Shafqat Hussain, photo taken before he left Muzaffarabad more than 10 years ago.
UPDATE: Jan 01, 2014: Funds urgently needed for Shafqat’s defence. Please click this link for details and see what you or your friends can do. Detailed BBC report Justice at risk as Pakistan rushes convicts to the gallows
This is Shafqat Hussain. A poor boy who was arrested forĀ kidnapping and murder when he was 14 years old. He confessed to the crime after nine days of police torture (they pulled out three fingernails, the cigarette burn marks are still visible on his body). Continue reading
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