Iran Executed 7 Children Last Year, U.N. Human Rights Expert Says
(UNITED NATIONS) — Iran executed seven child offenders last year and two so far this year even though human rights law prohibits the death penalty for anyone under age 18, a U.N. independent human rights expert said Wednesday. Javaid Rehman also told the U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee that he has “credible information” there are at least 90 child offenders currently on death row in Iran. Rehman, the U.N. special investigator on human rights in Iran, expressed deep concern at the overall use of the death penalty in the ...
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