Adil Muhammad Saif al-Ma’amar
Adil Muhammad Saif al-Ma’amari, a Yemeni national aged 21, was sentenced to death for a murder committed when he was 16 years old. He was arrested on 27 July 2001 and reportedly confessed under torture to murdering a male relative during an argument. During the Lower Court proceedings and upon the orders of a judge, he was examined by a doctor who reported that he was aged sixteen at the time of his arrest. He was sentenced to death in October 2002. The sentence was upheld by the Court of Appeal in May 2005 and the Supreme Court on February 2006.
