Iraq executed 17 convicted criminals in one day this week, the justice ministry said on Wednesday, bringing to at least 51 the number so far this year. “The justice ministry carried out (death) sentences against 17 people condemned for terrorist and criminal crimes … on Tuesday,” a statement said. “The ministry is continuing to carry out punishments against criminals according to the law and the constitution,” Justice Minister Hassan al-Shammari was quoted as saying. Last month, ministry spokesman Haidar al-Saadi said Iraq had so far executed 34 people this year, including two women and a Syrian. That is half the entire figure of 68 for all of 2011, including three foreigners and three Iraqi women. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed shock last week at the number of executions, criticising the lack of transparency in court proceedings and calling for an immediate suspension of the death penalty. “I call on the government of Iraq to implement an immediate moratorium on the institution of the death penalty,” she said. “Even if the most scrupulous fair trial standards were observed, this would be a terrifying number of executions to take place in a single day,” said Pillay, a South African high court judge. “Given the lack of transparency in court proceedings, major concerns about due process and fairness of trials, and the very wide range of offences for which the death penalty can be imposed in Iraq, it is a truly shocking figure,” she said.
The United Nations estimates that more than 1,200 people have been sentenced to death in Iraq since 2004, but it does not have comprehensive statistics on executions. Death sentences in Iraq must be signed by the country’s president, currently Jalal Talabani, but the chief executive may delegate that authority to either of the two vice presidents. As Talabani is an ardent opponent of the death penalty, that is what he does.
these people have no mercy, why people commit crimes? cz they are nt being educated.
Iraq is executing sunni only while iraq kafir shia prime minister has grip on defence and interior ministry and issued arrest warrant for sunni vice president in Iraq.In pakistan kafir 10% shia joining army and CSS exam to get high post as directed by kafir khumeni to bring revolt like kafir shia alwait bashar assad in syria where shia are 10% but ruling syria since 40 years. In afghanistan,sunni taliban was finished and kafir shia afghan tajik-uzbik government installed. In labanon , hezbollah removed sunni government with tacit support of Iran where sunni are persecuted like slaves.Sunni sadam was removed and shia government installed.The game is that from pakistan-afghanistan-iran-iraq-syria-lebanon a shia axis has created.If think then in pakistan,zardari,fahmida mirza,zulfiqar mirza,hussain haqqani,bhutto family,faryal talpur,abdullah hussain haroon and many top class people in beurocracy has shia religion but most of them propagate secularism but in hiding promote shia power. The US game is in fact promotion of shia as not a single Nato soldier killed by iran in afghanistan practically but in words Iran will destroy whole world
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