Ki-moon .. severe panic of executions in Saudi Arabia

by **Ponee** Sun Jan 03, 2016 8:20 am

BAGHDAD / obelisk said Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations that he felt 'extremely alarmed' because of the execution of a Shi'ite cleric and 46 other people in Saudi Arabia and called for calm and restraint.

And I executed the Saudi cleric Nimr al-Nimr, Saturday.

A spokesman for Ban said in a statement that 'the Sheikh Tiger and a number of other prisoners who were executed were convicted after trials aroused deep concern about the nature of the charges and the integrity of the process'.

The spokesman added that Ban raised the issue of the Tiger with Saudi leaders on several occasions urged Saudi Arabia to relieve all death sentences.

The spokesman said that 'the Secretary-General also called for calm and restraint in reaction to the execution of Sheikh Tiger urged all leaders in the region to work to avoid aggravating sectarian tensions. "

The angry Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran in the early hours of Sunday morning at a time when Iran responded angrily to Saudi Arabia Tiger execution.

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