'I owe my life to Amnesty International'

Friday 9 April 2010 Hafez Ibrahim was sentenced to death in Yemen in 2005 at the age of 17. He was pardoned two years later after the organization campaigned on his behalf. "I owe my life to Amnesty International… Now I am dedicating that life to campaigning against the death penalty and raising awareness about human rights."Earlier this month in Yemen, an emotional Hafez Ibrahim greeted Amnesty International researcher Lamri Chirouf, the man he credits with stopping his execution for a crime committed when he was a child.Now aged 22, Hafez proudly described his determination to make…

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