Erdogan criticises global double standard towards executions

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticised international uproar towards Saudi’s execution of a Shia cleric following the silence that followed mass executions in Egypt and elsewhere, Huffington Post reported yesterday.

Erdogan noted that the first ever freely elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is amongst those sentenced to death in Egypt.

“Why the world did not react” to the condemnation of “thousands of people to death” following Morsi’s ouster, he asked.

Erdogan also criticised the burning of the Saudi embassy in Tehran, calling it an “unacceptable act”. He blamed Iran’s leaders for not taking enough measures to protect the diplomatic delegations.

He said the international governments who caused uproar following Saudi’s execution of a Shia cleric would not be able to “justify its direct and indirect support for the criminal Assad.”

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