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IRAN: Halt execution of juvenile offender, urges human rights group
16/Jul/2014 News
Amnesty International has urged Iran to halt the execution of a young man who was a child at the time of his alleged crime.
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DEATH PENALTY: UN Secretary-General declares that ‘death penalty has no place in 21st century'
3/Jul/2014 News
UN chief expresses concern about legislation in 14 countries that permits the death penalty for children.
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IRAN : L'ONU appelle à ne pas exécuter une condamnée mineure
30/Jun/2014 News
Dans un communiqué publié à Genève, Navi Pillay a dénoncé «l'usage inacceptable de la peine de mort contre des criminels mineurs en Iran» où selon l'ONU environ 160 d'entre eux attendent leur exécution.  
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IRAN: Execution of juvenile offenders breaches international law, says UN human rights chief
26/Jun/2014 News
Navi Pillay expresses concern about large number of executions since beginning of 2014, and calls on Iran's authorities to halt the imminent execution of a juvenile offender.
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IRAN: Woman at risk of imminent execution for offence committed while 17
18/Jun/2014 News
Human Rights Watch calls for a halt to the execution of a woman convicted of killing her husband when she was 17. 
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MALDIVES: Teenager could face death penalty
30/May/2014 News
Sixteen-year-old charged with murder becomes first minor accused of capital offence since law's reintroduction.
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الأمم المتحدة تطالب السودان بوقف إعدام مسلمة تزوجت من مسيحي
20/May/2014 News
الأمم المتحدة- القدس العربي- من عبد الحميد صيام: عبرت الأمم المتحدة عن قلقها العميق لإقدام محكمة سودانية بالحكم على زواج...
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MALDIVES : un nouveau règlement prévoit la peine de mort pour les enfants
5/May/2014 News
Le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme (HCDH) a exprimé mardi sa préoccupation concernant un nouveau règlement aux Maldives sur l'application de la peine de mort, qui met fin à un moratoire de 60 ans dans ce pays.
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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM: Inhuman sentencing of children
1/May/2014 Publication
Brunei Darussalam to introduce the death penalty, amputation and flogging for offences committed by children.
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MALDIVES: Country should repeal new regulation providing for death penalty, says UN
30/Apr/2014 News
UN voices deep concern about a new regulation that effectively overturns a 60-year moratorium on the use of capital punishment and allows for children as young as seven to be sentenced to death for certain crimes.
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