Reprieve—Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman's case history

Help us help Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman

Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman: "The gallows are right in the middle of the prison. There are no illusions about what they’re facing.”

Reprieve lawyer Marc Callcutt talks about his visit to Mirpur prison in Pakistan, where two of our clients are facing the death penalty.

April 20, 2010
Death row Briton: I was tortured for two weeks before signing murder confession in language I can't speak

by David Rose, The Daily Mail, 03/01/2010

Jan. 4, 2010
Revealed: State Ignored Brits' Torture Claims

Revealed: State Ignored Brits' Torture Claims.

Oct. 19, 2009
Claims that Foreign Office failed to act fast enough for two British men on death row in Pakistan

Claims that Foreign Office failed to act fast enough for two British men on death row in Pakistan.

Oct. 19, 2009
The State of Union

by Nadia Rahman Khan, Chasing Thoughts, 22/08/09

Oct. 6, 2009
Brown urged to act over jailed duo

by Paddy McGuffin, The Morning Star, 24/09/09

Oct. 6, 2009
Halt the torture case against Naheem and Rehan

by Workers Revolutionary Party, 12/09/09

Oct. 6, 2009
UK Govt. failed to act as Pak police tortured Brit nationals in Pakistan

Sindh Today, 09/09/09

Oct. 6, 2009
Foreign Office failed to act on torture claims by British nationals

by Richard Norton Taylor, The Guardian, 09/09/09

Oct. 6, 2009
Revealed: State Ignored Brits' Torture Claims

by Mark White, Sky News, 09/09/09

Oct. 6, 2009
Prime Minister told of ‘moral duty’ to demand immediate action from Pakistan

Prime Minister Gordon Brown must personally intervene to help two Birmingham men languishing in a Pakistani jail, Clive Stafford Smith wrote in a letter delivered to Downing Street today.

Sept. 23, 2009
Reprieve calls on the British Government to make up for failing Naheem and Rehan

Prime Minister Gordon Brown must personally raise this case with President Zadari of Pakistan and insist that the trial (which has already heard the confession evidence) be halted and they immediately receive a fair trial in which no evidence extracted under torture is heard.

Sept. 9, 2009
Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman need your help – please sign our petition

Today Reprieve are asking everybody that visits this page to spare two minutes to sign this petition on the Downing Street website, asking that Gordon Brown personally intervene in the case of Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman.

Sept. 9, 2009
Reprieve calls on No. 10 to intervene

We have created a petition for people to sign to ensure that evidence obtained by torture is excluded from the trial of Naheem and Rehan.

Aug. 12, 2009
Another wasted court day for Naheem and Rehan

Reprieve's Fellow in Pakistan Sultana Noon reports on her last attempt to attend a hearing for Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman, who have been in prison for 5 years without trial.

July 27, 2009
When the torture is in the waiting

by Marc Callcutt, Reuters, 26/06/09

June 26, 2009
When the torture is in the waiting

For Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman, the torment of being held for years without trial on Pakistan's death row has caused more damage than any beating.

June 26, 2009
Reprieve calls on the UK government to end the 'inhuman' suffering of Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman

Reprieve calls on the UK government to end the 'inhuman' suffering of Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman, tortured British nationals facing the death penalty in Pakistan, on the fifth anniversary of their imprisonment

June 22, 2009
Britons facing execution in Pakistan seek Miliband's help

by Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian 16/04/09

April 16, 2009
Meeting with Rehan Zaman's grandmother in Pakistan

Sultana Noon meets the grandmother of Rehan Zaman, who speaks about Naheem and Rehan's imprisonment.

March 31, 2009
Meeting with Rehan Zaman's nephew in Pakistan

Sultana Noon meets the nephew of Rehan Zaman, who speaks about his uncle's imprisonment.

March 30, 2009
A visit with Naheem and Rehan in Mirpur Prison, Pakistan

Sultana Noon, Reprieve's Fellow in Pakistan, reports from Mirpur Prison, where she is visiting Naheem Hussein and Rehan Zaman.

March 19, 2009
Thanks for supporting Naheem and Rehan

Marc Callcutt thanks members of the public for supporting Reprieve's campaign for Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman.

March 19, 2009
A meeting with Naheem Hussain's brother

Marc Callcutt meets Vakaas Hussain, who thanks supporters for all that they have done to help his brother.

March 19, 2009
Appeal for Naheem and Rehan

Marc Callcutt asks members of the public to show their support for Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman.

March 18, 2009
A press conference on Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman

Marc Callcutt launches Reprieve's campaign for Naheem and Rehan Zaman with a press conference to reveal their plight.

March 17, 2009
Tortured British nationals facing the death penalty

Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman are British nationals who are currently facing execution in Pakistan. They were brutally tortured by the police in an attempt to secure confessions. Despite the fact that they were arrested over 4½ years ago, they still have not faced trial, and currently live their lives in Mirpur prison in the executioner’s shadow.

March 17, 2009
Pakistan police use Medieval torture to extract confessions from Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman.

Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman case featured on Channel 4 News

March 17, 2009
UK 'ignoring men's torture claim'

BBC News, 17/03/09

March 17, 2009
Government 'failed to stop torture of three Britons in Pakistan'

by Jon Swaine, the Telegraph, 17/03/09

March 17, 2009
British man alleges that he, his son and a family friend were tortured in Pakistan

by David Stringer, The Seattle Times, 17/03/09

March 17, 2009
Torture of three British citizens: new case announced by Reprieve

Reprieve and Clare Short MP will tomorrow stage a press conference to reveal details of a new case of torture involving three British citizens: Naheem Hussain, Rehan Zaman and Fazal Hussain.

March 16, 2009

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