YEMEN: ORDERS TO STOP DEATH SENTENCE OF MINOR

14 January 2011 :

the first lawyer in the Office of the General Attorney in Yemen ordered the execution of Muhammad Tahir Sumom be halted, said Ahmad Al-Qurashi, chairman of Seyaj Organization for Childhood Protection.
“They will investigate about the age of the boy.” Sumom was sentenced to death for murder on June 8, 1999, while he was a minor.
 
(Sources: YObserver.com, 12/01/2011)

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