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UN's Turk 'Extremely Concerned' after Spate of Iran Executions

A man walks past an anti-Israel mural at Tehran's Palestine square on August 8, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)
A man walks past an anti-Israel mural at Tehran's Palestine square on August 8, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)
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UN's Turk 'Extremely Concerned' after Spate of Iran Executions

A man walks past an anti-Israel mural at Tehran's Palestine square on August 8, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)
A man walks past an anti-Israel mural at Tehran's Palestine square on August 8, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk is extremely concerned that Iranian authorities have reportedly executed 29 people in recent days, a spokesperson said on Friday.

It was particularly troubling that the majority of the people executed had been found guilty of drug-related offences, UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Liz Throssell said.

The death toll had not been independently verified by the United Nations, she added.

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WHO Says Suspected Outbreak of Marburg Disease Kills 8 in Tanzania

FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo
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WHO Says Suspected Outbreak of Marburg Disease Kills 8 in Tanzania

FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses a press conference on the Marburg virus outbreak at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali, Rwanda, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo

The World Health Organization said Wednesday an outbreak of suspected Marburg disease has killed eight people in a remote part of northern Tanzania.
“We are aware of 9 cases so far, including 8 people who have died,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement. “We would expect further cases in coming days as disease surveillance improves,” The Associated Press quoted him as saying.
Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or with surfaces, such as contaminated bed sheets.
Without treatment, Marburg can be fatal in up to 88% of people who fall ill with the disease. Symptoms include fever, muscle pains, diarrhea, vomiting and in some cases death from extreme blood loss. There is no authorized vaccine or treatment for Marburg.
WHO said its risk assessment for the suspected outbreak in Tanzania is high at national and regional levels but low globally. There was no immediate comment from Tanzanian health authorities.
An outbreak of Marburg in Rwanda, first reported on Sept. 27, was declared over on Dec. 20. Rwandan officials reported a total of 15 deaths and 66 cases, with the majority of those affected healthcare workers who handled the first patients.