Pakistani Man Executed Despite Forced Confession Claim

Pakistan executed a young man Tuesday whose case touched off an international outcry amid claims he was tortured into a murder confession and convicted as a juvenile, NBC News reported.

Shafqat Hussain was hanged on Tuesday morning in Karachi Central Jail. Hussain was arrested in 2004 at the age of 14, and convicted by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court of kidnapping and killing a child. The charges were later reduced to involuntary manslaughter.

The young man's lawyers at the Justice Project Pakistan said Hussain's "confession" came after nine days of torture.

Amnesty International's South Asia research director David Griffiths said it was a "deeply sad day" for Pakistan.

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