Bring It Back

Our 15-minute film, 17 and Sentenced to Die is a true-crime style doc about Iqbal Muhammed, a 17 year-old boy who was convicted of killing a man during an armed robbery, and has spent 15 years on death row in […]

Since reinstating the death penalty in 2014, Pakistan has executed at least six known juvenile offenders. While the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance prohibits sentencing juveniles to death, police officers are not required to examine evidence like birth certificates to determine […]

This video highlights how Pakistan’s Anti Terrorism Act undermines its own goal of curbing terrorism. Who is a Terrorist was created in partnership with Justice Project Pakistan as part of the the #BringItBack campaign, which sheds light on the human […]

Produced in partnership with Justice Project Pakistan, Counting Executions uses animated data to to take on common arguments for the death penalty in Pakistan. The video is part of the #BringItBack campaign, which sheds light on the human and social […]

Shafqat Hussain was a minor when the government of Pakistan arrested him and subjected him to torture to secure a confession to a murder he maintained he never committed. Lacking money for a lawyer and with no understanding of the […]

Khizar Hayat’s mental illness led to the murder of his best friend. Unable to understand what he’s done or where he is, Khizar was left voiceless when his lawyer remained silent in his defense and he was sentenced an irreversible […]

Imdad Ali can’t control his mental illness but his mental illness controls him. He’s unable to understand what he’s done or where he is, but the punishment he will receive is irreversible and unforgiving. Despite widespread acceptance that executing mentally […]

Abdul Basit was sent to death row without proper representation, was held in fetters in filthy conditions, contracting a form of meningitis that left him paralyzed and awaiting death by hanging. Abdul’s story is just one among many examples of […]

Produced in collaboration with Justice Project Pakistan and animator Maaz Maudood for the #BringitBack campaign, this video is an emotional journey through the final 72 hours before an inmate’s execution. The #BringItBack campaign sheds light on the human and social […]