{"id":6548,"date":"2016-10-27T11:53:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T11:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/?p=6548"},"modified":"2021-12-15T11:55:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T11:55:10","slug":"hrcp-urges-halting-execution-of-mentally-challenged-prisoner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-urges-halting-execution-of-mentally-challenged-prisoner\/","title":{"rendered":"HRCP urges halting execution of mentally challenged prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>Lahore<\/strong><strong>, October 27:<\/strong> The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the authorities to halt the imminent execution of a mentally challenged death row prisoner who is scheduled to be hanged in Vehari on <span data-term=\"goog_653856157\">November 2<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In a communication sent <span data-term=\"goog_653856158\">on Thursday<\/span>, HRCP brought to President Mamnoon Hussain\u2019s attention the disposal by the Supreme Court last week of a plea regarding the death row prisoner, Imdad Hussain, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. The court concluded that simply because schizophrenia was a \u201crecoverable disease\u201d, it did not fall within the definition of \u201cmental disorder\u201d under the Mental Health Ordinance, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>HRCP expressed serious concerns regarding the reasoning of the SC in the matter and stated that the decision raised the question whether judges could decide on their own matters which by their very nature needed to be judged on the basis of expert advice.<\/p>\n<p>It said that in reaching this conclusion, the Supreme Court had disregarded universally recognised diagnostic tools, including the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and jurisprudence under Pakistani case law on mental health, and instead relied upon Indian case law, in particular on a judgment by the Indian Supreme Court on the Hindu Marriage Act regarding dissolution of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>HRCP said the court ruling also sets a dangerous precedent for the treatment of accused persons with schizophrenia by the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n<p>It called upon the president to urgently intervene to ensure that Imdad\u2019s imminent execution is halted and the pursuit of hanging mentally challenged persons is abandoned.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zohra Yusuf<br \/>\n<\/strong>Chairperson<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:80% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 2.4%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.4%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% 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