UN rights chief says ‘appalled’ by Iran execution of two minors

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Fri, 2019-05-03 10:30

GENEVA: The UN human rights chief voiced outrage Friday at Iran’s execution of two 17-year-old boys charged with rape and robbery, stressing that executing children is banned under international law.
Mehdi Sohrabifar and Amin Sedaghat were executed on April 25, after a trial that the UN rights office said appeared to have “seriously breached fundamental due process guarantees.”

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