UN rights expert 'shocked' over Iran woman's execution
By Dominic Yobbi on Oct 28, 2014 10:14 am[JURIST] A UN human rights expert said Monday that he was "shocked" by Iran's execution of a woman convicted of murdering a man whom she accused of raping her. Reyhaneh Jabbari was executed in Tehran's Evin prison on Saturday morning despite international opposition from many organizations and rights groups, including UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Ahmed Shaheed [official website], who in April urged [JURIST report] Iran to immediately halt the... +read more
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