Prison authorities block Supreme Court appeals of Pakistani capital sentences

Prison authorities have thwarted the ability of five men facing execution following military trials to seek review by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Details here. Excerpt:

“Unfortunately, these death-row prisoners in the Central Jail, Peshawar, did not even know that their appeals in the Peshawar High Court were dismissed five years ago and their cases came to light only when the KP Home Department wrote to the registrars of the Supreme Court and PHC to seek information about any pending appeals of eight condemned prisoners in Kohat jail convicted by military courts after their mercy petitions were rejected by President Arif Alvi in December 2022,” [Shabbir Hussain] Gigyani said.