Who is Shafqat, why is he being hanged, and why should we care?
From the Blog beenasarwar[image: Shafqat Hussain, photo taken before he left Muzaffarabad more than 10 years ago.] Shafqat Hussain, photo taken before he left Muzaffarabad more than 10 years ago. This is Shafqat Hussain. A poor boy who was arrested for kidnapping and murder when he was 14 years old. He confessed to the crime after nine days of police torture (you can see cigarette burn marks still on his body). He been in Karachi jail for over 10 years now and is on the list of ‘terrorists’ to be hung (his date is set for Tues, Dec 23rd). He comes from a very poor family from Muzaffarabad, had a learning disability, had dropped out of school at grade 4, and run away to Karachi where this happened. He did not get proper defense; the issue of his age wasn’t brought up; an Anti Terrorist Court convicted pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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