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Yemen Court must not punish faith with death – UN experts
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Yemen Court must not punish faith with death – UN experts

April 28, 2019 FoRB NGO Committee Bureau

GENEVA (29 April 2019) – UN human rights experts* have urged the de facto authorities in Sana’a to quash immediately the death sentence against Hamid Kamali bin Haydara, a follower of the Bahá’í faith. "We cannot accept the injustice of having anyone punished by death on the grounds of his religion or belief and for belonging to a religious minority," the experts said.

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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 29 April 2019. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.

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