UN Urges Iran to Halt Execution of Young Offenders

Reuters:

A United Nations human rights body called on Iran on Friday to abolish the death penalty as well as amputation, flogging and stoning for people who committed crimes as minors. ...

The U.N. committee, in its 17-page conclusions on Iran, said it "deplores the fact that such executions have continued," and urged it to "abolish the death penalty as a sentence imposed on persons for having committed crimes before the age of 18." more

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