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Unfortunate

It is unfortunate that the Pakistan Supreme Court has dismissed the review petitions challenging the death sentence of Sarabjit Singh, convicted for terrorist activities on Pakistani soil in 1990. The long and agonising wait of Sarabjit and his family is tantamount to mental torture and is, in fact, a negation of human rights.

It is hoped that India will pursue its efforts through diplomatic channels to pressure Pakistan into taking a humanitarian and sympathetic view of the case.

V.K. Sathyavan Nair,

Kottayam

Sarbajit Singh and Pakistani national Ajmal Amir ‘Kasab,’ the lone terrorist captured alive in the Mumbai terror attack, are indeed two cases in contrast. The former is waiting in uncertainty after repeatedly getting his mercy pleas rejected by the Pakistani courts. The latter is enjoying the hospitality, including legal assistance, extended to him by the largest democracy in the world.

Arun Malankar,

Mumbai

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