UN rights chief expresses concern about Iraq's fast-tracking of executions

Aug 02, 2016, at 03:54 am

New York, Aug 1 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Monday expressed serious concern that Iraq has created a committee to accelerate implementation of death sentences.

UN officials dismayed by Saudi executions, urge commuting all death sentences

Jan 04, 2016, at 01:06 pm

New York, Jan 4 (Just Easrth News/IBNS): Top United Nations officials have expressed deep dismay and regret over Saturday's executions by Saudi Arabia of 47 people, including the cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, and called on the country's authorities to commute all death sentences.

UN urges Iran to halt execution of two Ahwazi Arabs

May 22, 2014, at 05:09 pm

New York, May 22 (IBNS): UN human rights experts on Wednesday appealed to Iranian authorities to halt the scheduled execution of two members of Iran's Ahwazi Arab minority after their death sentences were reportedly upheld by the Iranian Supreme Court.

Egypt: UN urges reform to legal system following death sentences

May 16, 2014, at 05:34 pm

New York, May 16 (IBNS): In the wake of the second wave of mass death sentences handed down in Egypt last month, a group of African and United Nations human rights experts on Thursday called on authorities to bring the country's legal system into compliance with international and regional standards.

UN deplores Egypt's mass death sentences

Apr 30, 2014, at 06:19 pm

New York, Apr 30 (IBNS): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday strongly condemned the imposition of the death penalty on hundreds of people in Egypt, after mass trials that she said clearly breached international human rights law.