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http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/606771/UN-Saudi-Arabia-ambassador-Human-Rights-Council
THE United Nations (UN) has been attacked over the “scandalous” appointment of a Saudi Arabia official to a top human rights job – despite the repressive regime having beheaded more people this year than Islamic State.
A 2015 Human Rights Watch report accused the Saudis of “systematic discrimination against women and religious minorities” and claimed “authorities subjected hundreds of people to unfair trials and arbitrary detention”.
In the first six months of 2015, Saudi Arabia beheaded more than 100 people.
Decapitations, whippings and mutilations are common punishments for crimes including drug use and smuggling, homosexuality and adultery.
Only Iran carried out more killings.
THE United Nations (UN) has been attacked over the “scandalous” appointment of a Saudi Arabia official to a top human rights job – despite the repressive regime having beheaded more people this year than Islamic State.
A 2015 Human Rights Watch report accused the Saudis of “systematic discrimination against women and religious minorities” and claimed “authorities subjected hundreds of people to unfair trials and arbitrary detention”.
In the first six months of 2015, Saudi Arabia beheaded more than 100 people.
Decapitations, whippings and mutilations are common punishments for crimes including drug use and smuggling, homosexuality and adultery.
Only Iran carried out more killings.
