23 July 2007 :

Akhlas Akhlak, a Russian man was sentenced to death for an assassination attempt on Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. However, his family claims that he confessed under duress and wasn’t in the country at the time. He is also accused of speaking out against the current Pakistani government. “He was in Russia at the time they say he was doing this. And I have proved this. I send money to him through the foreign ministry at that time,” Akhmad Akhlak, the man’s father says. Akhlas's parents have only been able to see their son once since his arrest. Mikhail Tarantsov, the head of regional human rights body, says the case is very serious, as Akhlak is accused of committing a crime when he wasn’t in the country, and this is proven by documents.