U.N. officials, others urge Saudi Arabia to spare young protester
A growing number of groups, including experts from the United Nations, are urging Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of man by crucifixion and beheading because of his role in anti-government protests.
Ali al-Nimr, who was 17 when he was arrested in 2012, has been convicted of sedition, rioting, protesting and robbery. U.N. officials, others urge Saudi Arabia to spare young protester, according to EuroNews.com. He is the nephew of Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who also has been sentenced to death for his part in protests and violent unrest in the Qatif province.
"Any judgment imposing the death penalty upon persons who were children at the time of the offense, and their execution, are incompatible with Saudi Arabia's international obligations," the U.N. group said in a statement Tuesday, reports CNN. The group cites the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Saudi Arabia is a party.
France on Wednesday also called for al-Nimr to be pardoned. ArabAmericanNews.com reports this is a rare move by France, which usually does not comment on death penalty cases in Saudi Arabia.
CNN reports Saudi Arabia plans to behead al-Nimr, then publicly display the body as part of a "crucifixion" as a warning to others. The punishment could come at any time, the BBC reports.
Family members insist al-Nimr is innocent of the charges against him, saying his conviction is an act of revenge against his uncle.
Meanwhile, the appointment of Faisal Trad, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva, to a Consultative Group for the U.N.'s Human Rights Council has sparked condemnation as well, CNN reports.
"It is scandalous," said U.N. Watch executive director Hillel Neuer. "Petro-dollars and politics have trumped human rights."
fontenão é a primeira vez que aponto a selvajaria do wahabitas e e hipocrisia do ocidente ao apoiar a causa de Saud.
todo o terrorismo sunita, mas todo, é apoiado e sustentado pelos sauditas e pelo clero wahabita.
não é a primeira vez que o digo e não será a última.
mas agora que apontei a desumanidade dos wahabitas (pela enésima vez), para ser fair and balanced, o que é que hei-de dizer de bem deles? Tens alguma sugestão?
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