UN rights chief condemns juvenile execution in Iran

[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Thursday condemned [press release] Iran's use of the death penalty for juvenile offenders and called on authorities to halt the announced execution of Razieh Ebrahimi. Ebrahimi, who was legally married to her then-28-year-old husband when she was 14, was sentenced to death [Guardian report] after killing her abusive husband when she was 17. "Regardless of the circumstances of the crime, the execution of juvenile offenders is clearly prohibited...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/06/un-rights-chief-condemns-juvenile-execution-in-iran.php

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