Document - Kuwait: Further Information on Imminent Execution: Thamer Marzouq al-Azmi (m)

PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 17/001/2006

05 January 2006

Further Information on UA 311/05 (MDE 17/005/2005, 09 December 2005) - Imminent execution

KUWAIT Thamer Marzouq al-Azmi (m), aged 21 (full name previously not known)

Thamer Marzouq al-Azmi was hanged inside the interior ministry complex in Kuwait City on 21 December. His hooded body was put on public display shortly afterwards.

He had reportedly been sentenced to death for the premeditated killing of Adel al-Azmi in July 2003. His appeals were rejected by the Court of Appeals and then by the Court of Cassation. The sentence was also ratified by the Amir of Kuwait

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