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JUNE 16, 2014United NationsDEATH PENALTYUN: NAVY PILLAY CRITICIZES THE DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG CRIMES
Navy Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaking on the impact of the international drug
- MAY 2, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - UN urges death penalty moratorium in US.
USA - UN urges death penalty moratorium in US.
APRIL 30, 2014MaldivesDEATH PENALTYMALDIVE: UN RIGHTS OFFICE CONDEMNS DEATH PENALTY REVIVAL
the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva voiced concern over moves to revive the death penalty in the
APRIL 11, 2014BruneiDEATH PENALTYBRUNEI: UNITED NATIONS VOICED DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THE NEW SHARIA PENAL CODE
the United Nations human rights office voiced deep concern about the revised penal code in Brunei
MARCH 12, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 331 PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR DRUGS OFFENCES IN 2013 WITH UN AND EUROPEAN SUPPORT
Iran executed 331 people for drug-related charges in 2013, a new report published today by the non-profit
- MARCH 12, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: UNITED NATIONS, ‘AT LEAST 176 PEOPLE HANGED IN 2014’
four United Nations experts on human rights – Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on the situation of
MARCH 11, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: U.N. ANTI-DRUGS CHIEF PRAISES IRAN FIGHT DESPITE EXECUTIONS
the U.N. anti-drugs chief praised Iran's fight against narcotics trafficking despite a surge in executions in the country, many of people convicted of drug-related offences.
MARCH 11, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: BAN KI-MOON, ‘NO SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT UNDER PRESIDENT ROUHANI’
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has failed to fulfil campaign promises to allow greater freedom of expression and there has been a sharp rise in executions since his election.
FEBRUARY 17, 2014North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: UN COMMISSION DOCUMENTS WIDE-RANGING AND ONGOING CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
The UN Commission of Inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) released its report, which has documented in great detail the “unspeakable atrocities” committed in the country, a number of which it concludes are likely to
FEBRUARY 11, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: UNITED NATIONS TO FREEZE COUNTER-NARCOTICS AID
three leading anti-death penalty groups have appealed to the United Nations to freeze counter-narcotics
JANUARY 22, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: UN RIGHTS EXPERTS ‘ALARMED’ AT SHARP INCREASE IN HANGINGS, URGES HALT TO EXECUTIONS
Independent United Nations human rights expert today called on the Government of Iran
JANUARY 13, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: AL-MALIKI, ISLAM AND CONSTITUTION AUTHORISE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki publicly rebuked UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's call for