http://news.kuwaittimes.net/2013/04/03/amnesty-slams-resumption-of-executions/
Amnesty slams resumption of executions KUWAIT: Amnesty International yesterday criticised Kuwait for resuming executions after a six-year pause, describing the decision as a “real setback”. “These are the first executions carried out in Kuwait since 2007 and mark a deplorable setback for human rights in the country,” said Ann Harrison, the rights watchdog’s program director for the Middle East and North Africa. Kuwait on Monday executed a Saudi, a Pakistani and a bedoon after being convicted of murders. The last hanging carried in Kuwait before those was in May 2007. “In a region where executions are sadly all too commonplace, Kuwait marked a beacon of hope by declining to execute people for almost six years,” Harrison said in a statement. “That hope has been extinguished… We deplore this resumption of executions, regardless of the crime.” Public attorney Mohammad Al-Duaij, who supervised the executions, said another 48 people are on death row awaiting a final decision on their sentences by HH the Amir. The state has executed a total of 69 men and three foreign women since it introduced the death penalty in mid-1960. Most of those condemned have been convicted murderers or drug traffickers. “Kuwait should halt any further executions and should commute all death sentences and revise the law to exclude this most final of penalties,” Amnesty said. — AFP [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
