executions

Judith Maltoff speaks in a panel at the UN about how to improve the safety of journalists working in the field.
UN Radio / Laura Jarriel

More than 800 journalists killed in past decade, UN panel hears

28 June 2016
General News

Information, and the pursuit of it, is becoming more and more dangerous with over 800 journalists killed in the past decade alone.

That’s one of the headlines to emerge from a panel discussion on the safety of journalists working in the field held at UN Headquarters in New York.

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High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein addresses the 31st regular session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

UN human rights chief welcomes Pfizer's decision to bar use of its drugs in executions

19 May 2016
The United Nations human rights chief today warmly welcomed the initiatives announced by pharmaceutical company Pfizer to ensure that the drugs it produces will not be used by States to carry out executions by lethal injection.
UN Photo/Martine Perret
UN Photo/Martine Perret

UN officials 'deeply dismayed' by Saudi executions, urge commuting all death sentences

3 January 2016
Top United Nations officials have expressed deep dismay and regret over yesterday's executions by Saudi Arabia of 47 people, including the cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, and called on the country's authorities to commute all death sentences.