RAMALLAH, May 27, 2017 (WAFA) – The United Nations and the European Union condemned on Friday Hamas execution the day before of three people found guilty by a military court of killing Hamas leader Mazen Fuqaha.

Fuqaha, a leader in Hamas military wing, was shot dead in front of his Gaza house on March 24.

Hamas, which accused Israel of the assassination, conducted a manhunt for the killers after closing all Gaza borders and  banning anyone from entering or leave the Gaza Strip. It later announced the arrest of three Gazans, who were sentenced to death after being convicted of killing Fuqaha as well as collaboration with the enemy.

A statement by the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said the trial of the three men did not meet fair standards.

“We condemn the execution of three men by the authorities in Gaza,” said the spokesperson. yesterday. “The executions amount to an arbitrary deprivation of life.”

According to the statement, while international law sets very stringent conditions for the application of the death penalty, including meticulous compliance with fair trial standards, the trial “does not appear to have met these standards.”

The European Union has also condemned the executions in a statement from its representative in Jerusalem as well as the EU Heads of Mission and the Head of Mission of Norway in Jerusalem and Ramallah.

The UN and EU called on Hamas to stop all executions and death sentences.

Palestinian human rights organizations have also condemned the executions.

Hamas has carried out 28 executions since its takeover of Gaza in 2007, nine of them in the last 12 months.

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