Qatar: Further information on Fear of Imminent Execution\n\n

Qatar: Further information on Fear of Imminent Execution\n\n

Index Number: MDE 22/003/2005
Date Published: 19 December 2005
Categories: Qatar, Middle East And North Africa, Middle East And North Africa

Shaikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Hamad al-Thani was granted a royal pardon and released in September. One of the 18 men sentenced to death with him, Bakhit Marzouq al-Abdallah, is now known to have been granted a royal pardon and released in January 2005.