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Iraq hangs 38 Islamic State, Al-Qaeda operatives in mass execution; human rights groups express concern

Agence France-Presse • December 15, 2017, 07:44:14 IST
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Iraq hanged 38 jihadists belonging to the Islamic State group or Al-Qaeda for terrorism offences on Thursday in the southern city of Nasiriyah

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Iraq hangs 38 Islamic State, Al-Qaeda operatives in mass execution; human rights groups express concern

Nasiriyah, Iraq: Iraq hanged 38 jihadists belonging to the Islamic State group or Al-Qaeda for terrorism offences on Thursday in the southern city of Nasiriyah, provincial authorities said. It was the largest number of executions in Iraq on a single day since 25 September when 42 people were put to death in the same prison. “The prison administration executed on Thursday in the presence of Justice Minister Haidar al-Zameli, in Nasiriyah prison, 38 death row prisoners belonging to Al-Qaeda or Daesh (Islamic State) accused of terrorist activities,” said Dakhel Kazem, a senior official in the provincial council. They were all Iraqis but one also had Swedish citizenship, a prison source said. [caption id=“attachment_4250683” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]File image of Iraqi prime minister Haider Al-Abadi. Reuters File image of Iraqi prime minister Haider Al-Abadi. Reuters[/caption] Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Saturday declared victory against Islamic State after a three-year campaign by government forces backed by a US-led coalition to retake territory seized by the jihadists. Rights watchdog Amnesty International has voiced repeated concerns about the use of the death penalty in Iraq, which it ranks as one of the world’s top executioners behind China, Iran and Saudi Arabia. “Individuals who carry out deadly attacks against the civilian population should face justice, but carrying out executions is not the answer,” Amnesty’s Middle East Research Director Lynn Maalouf said Thursday. “By carrying out yet another mass execution, the second in the span of three months, the Iraqi authorities have once again displayed a blatant disregard for human life and dignity.” In a report released on 5 December, Human Rights Watch criticised both Iraq’s central government and the autonomous Kurdish authorities over mass trials of suspected Islamic State jihadists. ‘Justice is failing’ HRW said the authorities “appear to be prosecuting all Islamic State suspects in their custody under counter-terrorism laws, primarily for Islamic State membership, and not focusing on specific actions or crimes that may have been committed”. The New York-based group identified 7,374 cases of suspects charged under this law since 2014, and put at 20,000 the total number of people imprisoned for suspected Islamic State membership. It expressed concerns that the broad prosecution of those affiliated with Islamic State “in any way, no matter how minimal, could impede future community reconciliation and reintegration”. “Iraqi justice is failing to distinguish between the culpability of doctors who protected lives under Islamic State rule and those responsible for crimes against humanity,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, HRW’s Middle East director. HRW said it regretted what it called the inconsistent application of a 2016 law granting amnesty to suspects who can show they joined Islamic State or any extremist group against their will and have not committed a crime. “Execution of fighters who surrender or are hors de combat is a war crime,” HRW added. Islamic State swept across a third of Iraq in 2014 and seized several major cities including Mosul, the country’s second biggest, before a fightback launched in 2015.

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