Iran executions amount to 'state sanctioned killing': UN rights chief

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The U.N. human rights chief said that the death penalty was being weaponised by Iran's government to strike fear into the population and stamp out dissent, saying the executions amounted to 'state sanctioned killing'.

to death. The U.N. Human Rights office has received information that two further executions are imminent, the statement said.

Turk said in a statement that there were numerous violations of due process and fair trial in the cases including the application of vaguely worded criminal provisions, denial of access to a lawyer of choice, forced confession under torture and denial of a meaningful right of appeal. One of the boldest challenges to the clerical leadership since the 1979 revolution, the protests have drawn support from Iranians in all walks of life and challenged the Islamic Republic’s legitimacy by calling for the downfall of its rulers.

The start of executions, which have been condemned by a growing number of countries, has coincided with a slowdown in the protests.

 

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Aren’t all these countries on their human rights committees What a joke

Either the UN is concerned, and should start the war, which is upon us already, with terrorists and religious fanatics. War and terror are coming, European streaming immigration of easily fanatized crowds being only the beginning. Or the UN doesn't care, and comments are useless.

What has he done about Israel?

So does the Death Penalty in the USA🇺🇸, and they are a western Country! DP is wrong, wrong, wrong!

and what do American executions amount to?

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