The United Nations is calling on Gambia to spare all additional prisoners on death row, after authorities there executed nine people. The U.N. special envoy on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, strongly condemned Gambia's action in a statement Tuesday and called for "a halt to further executions." Heyns said the executions are a "major step backwards for the country," and expressed concern that those put to death did not receive due ...
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