Gaza executions 'unlawful' says UN

The UN’s human rights office has said three men recently sentenced to death in the Palestinian territory of Gaza were executed unlawfully.

The UN’s human rights office has said three men recently sentenced to death in the Palestinian territory of Gaza were executed unlawfully.

A spokesman for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says the men did not have regular access to lawyers and were tried by a military court, despite being civilians.

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