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    Iraq Executions - 2014

    Iraq Hangs 26 Convicted on Terror Charges

    Iraq's Justice Ministry says 26 prisoners convicted of terrorism-related charges have been executed, all of them Iraqi nationals.

    A statement posted on the ministry's website on Tuesday says that all the executions were carried out on Sunday.

    It says the suspects were found guilty of carrying out "ugly terrorist attacks" against the Iraqi people.

    The statement quoted the justice minister, Hassan al-Shimari, as saying those executed included Adel-al-Mashhadani, a former anti-al-Qaida Sunni leader in Baghdad who was sentenced to death in late 2009 for murder and kidnapping.

    Human rights groups have long criticized trial procedures in Iraqi courts, arguing that some verdicts are based on testimony obtained by torture or forced statements.

    The Iraqi government defends the death penalty as a weapon against insurgents bent on destabilizing the country.

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    Iraq executes 11 prisoners convicted of terrorism-related charges, just days after 26 hanged

    Iraq's Justice Ministry says 11 prisoners convicted of terrorism-related charges have been executed, just days after authorities hanged 26 prisoners on similar charges.

    Ministry spokesman Haider al-Saadi said the prisoners, all Iraqis, were executed Thursday by hanging. He said that they were found guilty of carrying out "terrorist attacks" against the Iraqi people.

    Thursday's executions came only two days after the hanging of 26 prisoners also convicted of terrorism-related charges.

    Human rights groups long have criticized trial procedures in Iraqi courts, arguing that some verdicts are based on testimony obtained by torture or forced statements.

    The Iraqi government defends the death penalty, saying it is a weapon against insurgents bent on destabilizing the country.

    http://www.therepublic.com/view/stor...f93c8e/ML-Iraq
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    Iraq executes seven, including Saddam-era agents

    Iraq executed seven people on Thursday, including three men convicted of the 1994 killing in Beirut of the father of a current MP, despite international condemnation over Baghdad's use of the death penalty.

    The executions, carried out by hanging, were the first to be confirmed since January 23 and brought to at least 44 the total number of people put to death so far this year.
    Among those executed were three men -- Hadi Hassuni, Abdul Hassan al-Majid and Farukh Hijazi -- who were convicted in April 2011 over the April 1994 murder of Sheikh Taleb al-Suhail al-Tamimi, and termed agents of the ousted Saddam regime.

    Tamimi's daughter, Safia al-Suhail, has been an Iraqi lawmaker since 2005.
    She was elected to the Council of Representatives in March 2010 polls as part of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's slate, but is now an independent MP.
    Tamimi, head of the Banu Tamim tribe, fled to Beirut with his family after a Baath Party coup in 1968 and later attempted his own coup against Saddam Hussein, but was gunned down outside his home in the Lebanese capital on April 14, 1994.

    Lebanon severed its ties with Iraq in the aftermath of the killing, and it arrested five Iraqi diplomats and one Lebanese accomplice over the assassination.
    All but one of those arrested were released without charge, while one of the diplomats died in prison in Lebanon.

    The other four diplomats later returned to Iraq only to flee after the 2003 US-led invasion that ousted Saddam.
    The four other people executed on Thursday were convicted on terror charges, the justice ministry said.

    Iraq has faced widespread criticism from diplomats, analysts and human rights groups who say that due to a flawed justice system, those being executed are not necessarily guilty of the crimes for which they were sentenced to die.

    UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged Iraq to halt executions on a visit to Baghdad in January.
    But he was publicly rebuked by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki who, while standing beside Ban at a joint news conference, said Iraq does not "believe that the rights of someone who kills people must be respected".

    The country executed at least 169 people last year, according to an AFP tally based on statements from the justice ministry and reports from officials.
    It was the highest figure since the US-led invasion and placed it third in the world for the number of executions after only China and Iran.

    The rise in executions in 2013 and the early part of this year comes as Iraq grapples with its worst prolonged period of violence since it emerged from brutal sectarian fighting that peaked in 2006-2007 and left tens of thousands dead.

    http://www.deccanchronicle.com/14031...dam-era-agents
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    Iraq Executes Two Despite International Outcry



    Iraq executed two people convicted on anti-terror charges Monday, the justice ministry said, despite international condemnation of Baghdad's use of the death penalty and criticism of the country's judicial system.

    The executions, carried out by hanging, were the first to be confirmed since March 13, and brought to at least 46 the total number of people put to death so far this year, according to an AFP tally based on statements from the justice ministry and officials.

    The ministry "carried out the hangings on death row of two convicted terrorists for terror crimes," it said in a statement that was accompanied by a photograph of a noose.

    The two men executed were Sajid Hamid Ibrahim and Ali Majid Ulaiwi, the statement said.

    Ibrahim was convicted for joining a group linked to Al-Qaida and killing two brothers, while Ulaiwi was put to death for kidnapping three men and killing them.

    Iraq has faced widespread criticism from diplomats, analysts and human rights groups who say that due to a flawed justice system, those being executed are not necessarily guilty of the crimes for which they were sentenced to die.

    U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon urged Iraq to halt executions on a visit to Baghdad in January.

    But he was publicly rebuked by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki who, while standing beside Ban at a joint news conference, said Iraq does not "believe that the rights of someone who kills people must be respected".

    The country executed at least 169 people last year, according to an AFP tally.

    It was the highest figure since the U.S.-led invasion and placed it third in the world for the number of executions after only China and Iran.

    The rise in executions in 2013 and the early part of this year comes as Iraq grapples with its worst prolonged period of violence since it emerged from brutal sectarian fighting that peaked in 2006-2007 and left tens of thousands dead.

    http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/1...ational-outcry
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