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Amnesty International condemns Execution of 31 Iraqis

Amnesty International has condemned the mass execution of 31 men in Iraq for their alleged role in mass killings in 2014, describing it as "further proof of the Iraqi authority’s blatant disregard for human rights and misguided use of the death penalty in the name of security." Local authorities confirmed to Amnesty International that they […]

Video: Almost 600 Exhumed at Massacre Site

From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq has so far exhumed the remains of 597 people believed to have been executed by jihadists in the so-called Speicher massacre, the human rights minister said: