Questions have been raised over Denmark’s support of a UN anti-drug program that could be indirectly leading to executions in Iran.
Denmark voluntarily supports the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which supports countries around the world in tackling drug-related crime.
But Denmark’s approximate 35 million kroner donation to the programme may be contributing to the number of drug traffickers and users arrested and subsequently executed in Iran, according to Amnesty Danmark.
“The wish to limit the drug trade is of course legitimate, but as the situation stands in Iran, the money could end up supporting arrests and ultimately executions,” Trine Christensen, the deputy general secretary at Amnesty Danmark, told Politiken newspaper. “If we continue to support the programme, it legitimizes Iran’s use of the death penalty for drug-related crimes.”
Read more: Denmark indirectly supporting Iranian drug executions | The Copenhagen Post | The Danish News in English
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