Sheikh Nimr execution is against international law: UN

‘The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has deplored the Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr as a “disturbing development”, since he had not committed a crime regarded “as most serious” under international law.

“The category of ‘most serious crimes,’ for which the death penalty is still permissible, has been consistently interpreted by human rights mechanisms as being restricted to murder and other forms of intentional killing,” said Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein in a statement on Sunday, adding that the death penalty could only be handed down with stringent respect of due process and fair trial guarantees, and full transparency throughout the process.’

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