UN alarmed by Hamas plans for executions in Gaza

The UN has expressed alarm after Hamas said it intends to carry out a number of death sentences in Gaza, where the Palestinian Islamist group is dominant. 

The UN envoy for the Middle East peace process, Nickolay Mladenov, said he has serious doubts as to whether capital trials there meet fair trial standards.  

Mr Mladenov added that he is disturbed by reports that some of the executions might be carried out in public.  

One Palestinian group has documented 67 executions in Gaza since 2007. 

The figure however does not include the killings of people accused by Hamas of being collaborators during wartime. 

At least 25 were shot dead after the 2014 conflict with Israel.


SOURCE BBC news