Amnesty International criticises Tunisian death sentence
2008-02-22
In a press release on Thursday (February 21st), Amnesty International (AI) condemned the Tunis court of appeals' decision to uphold the death sentence of Saber Ragoubi, who was convicted of involvement in a December 2006 clash between terrorists and Tunisian police. Ragoubi was sentenced to death on December 2007, and the appeals court upheld the decision on Wednesday.
While acknowledging the commutation of co-defendent Imed Ben Amor's sentence to life imprisonment, AI said that serious breaches of the defendants' rights to a fair trial had been observed. According to Malcolm Smart, director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Programme, "The Tunisian authorities must now remedy this miscarriage of justice and order that the case is sent for re-trial, so that true justice can be done."
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mohamedelbakkali Posted 2008-02-29
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