Independent UN human rights expert urges Gambia to halt stream of executions
Independent UN human rights expert urges Gambia to halt stream of executions.
28 August 2012 –An independent United Nations human rights expert today strongly condemned the recent execution of nine people in the Gambia, and called on the Government to refrain from executing an additional 39 people reported to be on death row.
“This stream of executions is a major step backwards for the country, and for the protection of the right to life in the world as a whole,” …