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January 6, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/un-human-rights-office-slams-sharp-rise-in-saudi-arabia-executions-in-2011/2012/01/06/gIQA8xMUeP_story.html

UN Slams Sharp Rise in Saudi Arabia Executions in 2011

(AP-Washington Post) A spokesman for the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, told reporters in Geneva on Friday that the number of executions carried out by Saudi Arabia in 2011 jumped to 70 compared with 29 in 2010. The UN human rights office also criticizes the frequent use of "inhuman" double amputation for robbery offenses.

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