Iraq: Unjust and Unfair: the Death Penalty in Iraq

رقم الوثيقة: MDE 14/014/2007
تاريخ النشر: 20 أبريل 2007
التصنيفات: العراق, الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا

Since the reintroduction of the death penalty in August 2004 more than 270 people have been sentenced to death in Iraq. Iraq now figures among the countries with the highest numbers of executions reported in 2006. Amnesty International is concerned that many of those sentenced to death by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq did not receive a fair trial. Amnesty International calls on the Iraqi government to immediately establish a moratorium on executions with a view to total abolition of the death penalty.