Journal article
A disproportionate risk of being executed: why Pakistani migrants are vulnerable to capital punishment in Saudi Arabia
- Abstract:
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Many labour migrants in the Arab Gulf countries are from South Asia. Necessary to local economies, they enjoy few rights and protections from host states, particularly when accused of serious crimes. Our original empirical data suggests a disproportionate number of Pakistanis sentenced to death and executed in Saudi Arabia and we explore explanations within a wider discussion of the place and experiences of South Asian migrants in the Gulf. Our data suggest that drug laws and penal policies l...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- British Journal of Criminology Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2023-01-07
- Acceptance date:
- 2022-12-13
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1464-3529
- ISSN:
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0007-0955
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1322029
- Local pid:
- pubs:1322029
- Deposit date:
- 2023-01-13
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- Copyright holder:
- Hoyle et al
- Copyright date:
- 2023
- Rights statement:
- © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (ISTD). All rights reserved.
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