DPR Korea: UN experts call for death penalty moratorium after high-profile execution

The recent execution of a senior official in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) "is just one among multiple executions" reported in the country since August, carried out with total disregard of due process and other international human rights standards, United Nations independent experts said today, calling on the Government to immediately halt the practice.

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