UN warns Iraq rise in executions fuels sectarian conflict
UN's special envoy to Iraq Nickolay Mladenov gives a press conference on July 19, 2014 in the Iraqi central shrine city of Najaf (AFP Photo/Haidar Hamdani)/ Baghdad (AFP) - The UN voiced alarm Sunday over the increasing use of the death penalty in Iraq in the decade since its reintroduction, warning such punishments would only fuel deadly sectarian conflict./ In a report released on Sunday, the United Nations office in Iraq said the increase culminated with the execution of 177 individuals in 2013, including up to 34 in a single day. It ...
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