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Ex-MP Sentenced to Death for Murder

By on 24th November 2014 in Security

By John Lee. An Iraqi court sentenced former Sunni MP Ahmed al-Alwani to death for the murder of two soldiers, according to a report from AFP. The verdict could damage Baghdad's ties with his powerful Sunni tribe, which is currently fighting against the Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL) in the Ramadi area of Anbar. Al-Alwani […]

UN: Alarming Rise in Use of Death Penalty

By on 19th October 2014 in Security

A report published Sunday by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) documents the alarming rise in executions carried out by Iraq since the restoration of the death penalty in 2005. The report documents that the number of executions carried out in Iraq rose […]