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| Six Iraqis on Death Row Executed, Three for 'Terrorism' |
| 2021-08-31 |
| [ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Six Iraqis sentenced to death, three for "terrorism", were hanged Monday in a prison in southern Iraq, a medical source told AFP. The source said the hangings took place in Nasiriyah prison, where death row prisoners are held. Those not executed for "terrorism" were sentenced over "criminal cases". Rights group Since Baghdad officially declared victory over ISIS in 2017, Iraqi courts have sentenced hundreds to death for crimes perpetrated by the holy warriors who had set up a so-called "caliphate" in territory seized in Iraq and Syria in 2014. Only a small proportion of the sentences have been carried out, as they must be approved by the president. Barham Salih, who has held the post since 2018, is known to be personally against capital punishment. According to an AFP tally, at least 14 people sentenced for "terrorism" have been executed in Iraq since the start of the year, all at the Nasiriyah prison. Earlier this month, a man who murdered a senior Iraqi official in broad daylight was sentenced to death amid revulsion over the government’s failure to halt a wave of liquidations. In January, an official from Iraq’s presidency told AFP more than 340 execution orders "for terrorism or criminal acts" were ready to be carried out. |
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