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UN chief slams execution of Mollah
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored the execution of Bangladesh opposition leader Abdul Quader Mollah, and called for restraint on part of all sides and refrain from violence. “The secretary-General regrets that this execution took place,” his spokesman Martin Nesirky told the regular news briefing at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday. “He (the secretary-general) had discouraged this action, both given its potential to incite violence, particularly in this sensitive time prior to the elections, as well as the United Nations’ firm position which is to oppose the imposition of the death penalty under any circumstances, even for the most serious international crimes,” the spokesman said. “He also encourages the growing trend towards a phasing out of the death penalty.
“The Secretary-General calls on all sides to exercise restraint and refrainfrom violence.”
In Geneva, the office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights also called for restraint from all sides to avoid further political instability and encourages a meaningful dialogue to resolve this situation.
Mollah was condemned to life imprisonment by the so-called BangladeshInternational Crimes Tribunal, a special domestic court with the jurisdiction and competence to try and punish any person accused of committing atrocities, including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, in Bangladesh,including during the country’s 1971 independence war. He was born on 14 August 1948 in Faridpur, Bangladesh.
After the Prosecution appealed the Tribunal’s decision to sentence him tolife imprisonment, the country’s Supreme Court sentenced Mollah to death on 17 September, and he was executed on Thursday.
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored the execution of Bangladesh opposition leader Abdul Quader Mollah, and called for restraint on part of all sides and refrain from violence. “The secretary-General regrets that this execution took place,” his spokesman Martin Nesirky told the regular news briefing at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday. “He (the secretary-general) had discouraged this action, both given its potential to incite violence, particularly in this sensitive time prior to the elections, as well as the United Nations’ firm position which is to oppose the imposition of the death penalty under any circumstances, even for the most serious international crimes,” the spokesman said. “He also encourages the growing trend towards a phasing out of the death penalty.
“The Secretary-General calls on all sides to exercise restraint and refrainfrom violence.”
In Geneva, the office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights also called for restraint from all sides to avoid further political instability and encourages a meaningful dialogue to resolve this situation.
Mollah was condemned to life imprisonment by the so-called BangladeshInternational Crimes Tribunal, a special domestic court with the jurisdiction and competence to try and punish any person accused of committing atrocities, including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, in Bangladesh,including during the country’s 1971 independence war. He was born on 14 August 1948 in Faridpur, Bangladesh.
After the Prosecution appealed the Tribunal’s decision to sentence him tolife imprisonment, the country’s Supreme Court sentenced Mollah to death on 17 September, and he was executed on Thursday.
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