Capital punishment in Pakistan: 'Islam does not promote the death penalty'

Around the world, forty-seven countries retain capital punishment—including Pakistan. RFI met with Barrister Sarah Belal, who founded Justice Project Pakistan in two thousand nine to represent vulnerable Pakistani prisoners facing execution. Her organization defends cases both domestically and abroad, with Belal contending that Islam does not promote the death penalty.

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