Iraq: Two dozen facing execution after unfair trial

Index Number: MDE 14/039/2011
Date Published: 20 July 2011
Categories: Iraq

Death sentences have been handed down to 24 men, alleged members of a Shi’a sect, and were upheld by Iraq’s Court of Cassation on 30 June. If the sentences are ratified by the Iraqi Presidency the 24 could be executed within days.