Friday, November 8, 2013

13-11-08 IRAQ: Executions at their highest since Saddam

  • Soon after the fall of Iraq, there were newspaper articles, explaining that the US sent over court experts, to mold the new Iraqi courts, after the US model.
    Already then it sounded pathetic. But now we see that there was some level of success there.  Iraq learned the American way - execute them... jz
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  • “Iraq’s increased use of the death penalty, often after unfair trials in which many prisoners report having been tortured into confessing crimes, is a futile attempt to resolve the country’s serious security and justice problems,” said Phillip Luther, Middle East and North Africa Director at Amnesty International.
    Iraq: Executions at their highest in post-Saddam Iraq | Amnesty Internationalwww.amnesty.org
    A sharp increase in the use of the death penalty in Iraq has brought the number of known executions to the highest since the toppling of Saddam
    http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/iraq-more-executions-2013-11-08

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