11/03/2014
Saudi Arabia (vote)
Ana Gomes, rapporteur . - (inaudible as microphone turned off) ... groups and it reads: ‘Expresses its grave consternation that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the countries in the world that still practices public executions, amputations and flogging. Calls on the KSA authorities to pass legislation outlawing these practices, which constitute a gross violation of a number of international human rights' instruments to which the KSA is a party'.