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U.N.: Trump s Blackwater pardons violate int l law, an affront to justice
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Experts with the United Nations chastised pardons President Donald Trump gave last week to four Blackwater contractors who were convicted of killing 14 civilians in Iraqi in 2007. Photo by Oliver Contreras/UPI | License Photo
Dec. 30 (UPI) President Donald Trump s pardon last week of four former Blackwater Worldwide military contractors convicted of killing 14 Iraqis in 2007 violates U.S. obligations under international law, experts with the United Nations said Wednesday in urging member states to condemn the presidential action. Pardoning the Blackwater contractors is an affront to justice and to the victims of the Nisour Square massacre and their families, said Jelena Aparac, the chair-rapporteur of the U.N. Working Group on the use of mercenaries that issued the statement.
U.N. agency condemns Iran s execution of child offender
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Dec. 31 (UPI) The United Nations Human Rights Office condemned the execution of an Iranian man Thursday for a crime allegedly committed when he was 16 years old.
Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee was executed in Iran in the early morning even though execution of child offenders is strictly prohibited under international law. The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said the execution was the fourth confirmed for a child offender.
Advertisement The UN has repeatedly urged Iran to cease the appalling practice of executing child offenders, but we understand that at least 80 child offenders remain on death row, Shamdasani said in a statement. The High Commissioner urges Iranian authorities to halt all executions of child offenders and immediately review their cases in line with international human rights law.