Talking about the recent outbrake of Coronavirus, the World Health Organization's Spokesperson Gregory Hartl said today in Geneva that "Anytime a new virus starts infecting humans, we have to take it seriously and especially a virus which has killed 60 percent of the people it infects." WHO
Amnesty International launches its annual report on the death penalty. UNTV
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern today (5 April) over the reinstatement of the death penalty in a number of countries in the Middle East and Asia. CH UNTV
The United Nations on Friday expressed "deep dismay" at Saudi Arabia’s execution of Sri Lankan housemaid Rizana Nafeek in Saudi Arabia. CH UNTV
Coverage of speeches of representatives of Morocco, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. UNTV
The World Health Organization confirmed Tuesday (25 September) that the new virus found in two men from theArabian Peninsula, is not the SARS virus and differs from the SARS virus in that it causes very rapid renal failure. WHO
The head of the International Commission of Inquiry on Syria said today (17 September) the commission believed that war crimes have been committed by both parties. CH UNTV
The office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said today that a three-fold increase in the number of executions in Saudi Arabia last year compared to 2010 was “alarming”. Saudi Arabia applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences, just last month a woman was executed on charges of sorcery [...]
Khalid Al-Jhani was a one time a bomb-maker for Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan. Now, after passing through a rehab programme in his own country, Saudi Arabia, he is leading an almost normal life. UNTV
Somali citizens are among thousands recently deported from Saudi Arabia. Many have left because of the ongoing fighting between government troops and Islamist insurgents. UNHCR