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April 25, 2019

U.N. Condemns Saudi Arabia's Mass Execution of 37 Prisoners
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The United Nations has condemned Saudi Arabia's mass public execution
this week of 37 prisoners-some of whom were convicted based on
confessions extracted through torture. This is U.N. human rights
spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani.

Ravina Shamdasani: "We had concerns about confessions that had been
extracted through torture. We had concerns that the due process and the
fair trial rights of the individuals had not been respected. And in at
least three cases, the individuals who were executed yesterday were
sentenced to death when they were minors. And this is completely
unacceptable in international human rights law. So we utterly condemn
the executions carried out yesterday by Saudi Arabia."



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