MOSCOW, January 3 – RIA Novosti. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is deeply concerned penalty in Saudi Arabia, 47 people, including well-known Shiite preacher Nimrah al-Nimrah, it said in a statement to the press service of the organization.
“Sheikh al-Nimr and several other death row inmates were convicted in trials of great concern due to the nature of the charges and impartiality of the process”, – specified in the statement of the organization.
UN Secretary-General also called for calm and restraint in response to the execution of a preacher, and called for “regional leaders to work to avoid aggravating sectarian tensions.” Ban Ki-moon has also expressed regret at the actions of the protesters against the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
On Saturday, the Saudi Interior Ministry announced the execution of 47 people convicted of terrorism and incitement to it. Among those executed was one of the leaders of the cell of “al-Qaeda” in Saudi Arabia Faris al-Zahrani, as well as the famous Shia preacher, Nimr al-Nimr, who was sentenced to capital punishment in 2014.
The decision on punishment caused protests in a number of Middle Eastern states, in particular Iran. In Tehran, protesters broke into the embassy of Saudi Arabia, defeated part of the premises and tried to set fire to them. Subsequently, the police ousted the protesters. According to Iranian media reports, several people were arrested, the exact number of detainees is not known.
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