Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand...
Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand Ramcharan urged Uzbekistan not to execute prisoners who had appealed their convictions to a UN committee after reports of at least one such execution in the past month
Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand Ramcharan urged Uzbekistan not to execute prisoners who had appealed their convictions to a UN committee after reports of at least one such execution in the past month. During a visit to the country in March 2003 Ramcharan had "underlined the importance of respecting such interim measures of protection," a statement by Ramcharan's office read.
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- (Sources: Agence France Presse, 08/07/2003)