Dezeen Agenda features UN experts’ “alarm” over executions connected to Neom

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a statement by the UN Human Rights Council denouncing the planned executions of three people in Saudi Arabia. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now.

The United Nations Human Rights Council has released a statement condemning the planned executions of three people that were sentenced to death for reportedly opposing the Neom project in Saudi Arabia.

“UN experts today expressed alarm at the imminent risk of execution of three members of the Howeitat tribe in Saudi Arabia and urged authorities to halt the process,” said the statement.

This week’s newsletter also included a beer can with two pull tabs by Nendo, a renovated Victorian terrace home in London by Neiheiser Argyros and Renzo Piano’s completion of the Istanbul Modern in Turkey.

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