UN Calls On Saudi Regime To Halt Child Executions
Several prisoners who were convicted as children were among 47 people killed in a mass execution on January 2nd this year.
Several prisoners who were convicted as children were among 47 people killed in a mass execution on January 2nd this year.
The Saudi government’s move to sentence a juvenile offender to death, particularly after what the human rights group describes as a “grossly unfair trial” and confessions elicited under torture has sparked international outrage.
Click on CC for subtitles, as Mohammad Al-Nimr responds in Arabic, and make sure annotations are on for proper viewing of this video. MINNEAPOLIS --- Saudi Arabia has carried out a record number of executions this year, but that didn’t stop the kingdom
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