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Bahrain executes three people, despite human rights outcry
Source: The Guardian and agencies
Bahrain executes three people, despite human rights outcry
Human rights groups had warned against the executions, calling them ‘utterly shameful”
Agencies
Sat 27 Jul 2019 07.09 BST Last modified on Sat 27 Jul 2019 19.01 BST
Bahrain has executed three people convicted in two separate cases, one a case of “terrorism” and killing a police officer, and the second related to the killing of a mosque imam, the public prosecutor has said.
Human rights groups had been warning against the execution of two men, Ali Mohamed Hakeem al-Arab and Ahmed Isa Ahmed Isa al-Malali.
Malali and Arab were convicted in a mass trial involving 60 people in January 2018. Both had exhausted all possible judicial appeals.
A last-minute appeal to stop their imminent execution was also issued by the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, Agnès Callamard.
Callamard said in a statement the men were allegedly tortured, prevented from attending their trial and sentenced to death in absentia.
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Human rights groups had warned against the executions, calling them ‘utterly shameful”
Agencies
Sat 27 Jul 2019 07.09 BST Last modified on Sat 27 Jul 2019 19.01 BST
Bahrain has executed three people convicted in two separate cases, one a case of “terrorism” and killing a police officer, and the second related to the killing of a mosque imam, the public prosecutor has said.
Human rights groups had been warning against the execution of two men, Ali Mohamed Hakeem al-Arab and Ahmed Isa Ahmed Isa al-Malali.
Malali and Arab were convicted in a mass trial involving 60 people in January 2018. Both had exhausted all possible judicial appeals.
A last-minute appeal to stop their imminent execution was also issued by the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, Agnès Callamard.
Callamard said in a statement the men were allegedly tortured, prevented from attending their trial and sentenced to death in absentia.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/27/bahrain-executes-three-people-despite-human-rights-outcry