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17 Indians Tortured, Sentenced to Death

By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2010


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Seventeen Indian migrant workers have been sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after an unfair trial, for the murder of a Pakistani national.Some of the 17 are said to have been tortured to make them “confess.” They may be at risk of further torture.




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