Iraq 2024
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Iraq in 2024
NOVEMBER 18, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POWER TOWER BOMBING
An Iraqi court on November 17, 2024 sentenced a man to death for his involvement in the bombing of electrical power towers in a rural area of Baghdad province.
OCTOBER 30, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH AND LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The Saladin Criminal Court on October 28, 2024 issued three sentences against a "terrorist" affiliated with ISIS, including two death sentences and one life imprisonment.
OCTOBER 23, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO ISIS MEMBERS
The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council on October 23, 2024 reported that two ISIS members were sentenced to death.
- OCTOBER 21, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: TEN ISLAMIC STATE MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH AND LIFE IN PRISON
Iraqi judges have handed down death sentences and life sentences to ten members of the Islamic State (IS) arrested in Nineveh province, Agenzia Nova reported on October 18, 2024, citing the Interior Ministry.
OCTOBER 14, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION BLAMES PRESIDENT RASHID FOR MASS EXECUTIONS, CITING ‘HORRIFIC’ PRACTICES
The human rights organization "AFAD" on October 12, 2024 issued a statement, condemning mass executions by Iraqi authorities, including elderly inmates and some carried out in "horrific" ways, holding President Abdul Latif Rashid responsible.
- OCTOBER 8, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES THREE DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO DEATH
Iraq’s Central Criminal Court has sentenced three drug traffickers to death for their involvement in the trafficking of narcotic substances, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported on October 6, 2024.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ HANGS 21 MOSTLY ON ‘TERROR’ CHARGES – SOURCES
Iraqi authorities have hanged at least 21 people, including a woman, most of them convicted over “terrorism” charges, three security sources said on September 25, 2024.
- AUGUST 8, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: THREE PAKISTANI NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM AND ROBBERY CHARGES
Three Pakistani youths have been sentenced to death by a local court in Iraq on charges of terrorism and robbery, propakistani.pk reported on August 5, 2024.
JULY 30, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING DHI QAR OFFICIAL
An Iraqi court in Baghdad sentenced a person to death on July 29, 2024 for killing a Dhi Qar counterterrorism official earlier this year.
JULY 23, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 10 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN NASIRIYAH'S CENTRAL PRISON FOR TERRORISM
Iraqi authorities on July 22, 2024 hanged 10 people convicted of "terrorism", security and health sources said.
- JULY 11, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQI COURT SENTENCES WIDOW OF FORMER ISIS LEADER AL-BAGHDADI TO DEATH
An Iraqi court on July 10, 2024 sentenced the widow of former longtime Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to death for enslaving kidnapped Yazidi women, state media reported.
- JULY 10, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: ISIS SUSPECT SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi court on July 9, 2024 handed a death sentence to a suspected Islamic State (ISIS) member in Salahaddin province, state media reported.
- JULY 6, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
SWEDEN SAYS THREE CITIZENS GIVEN DEATH SENTENCES IN IRAQ OVER SHOOTING
Three Swedish citizens have been sentenced to death in Iraq over their involvement in a shooting and a fourth may also face the same punishment over a separate crime, the Swedish foreign ministry said on July 4, 2024.
JULY 3, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ANOTHER SWEDISH CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Another Swedish citizen has been sentenced to death in Iraq by a court decision, Report News Agency informed on July 2, 2024 referring to the Dagens Nyheter newspaper citing the press service of the Swedish Foreign Ministry.
- JUNE 18, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
SWEDEN SUMMONS IRAQI DIPLOMAT TO PROTEST DEATH PENALTIES REPORTEDLY HANDED TO 2 SWEDES
Sweden's Foreign Ministry said officials summoned the Iraqi chargé d’affaires on June 14, 2024 to protest against death sentences handed down to Swedes in Iraq.
JUNE 17, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: IN RECENT WEEKS MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE EXECUTED
At least 63 people have been executed in Nasiriyah Central Prison in recent weeks alone. Human rights groups accuse the judiciary and executive authorities of abusing detainees and coercing them into making false confessions to justify the imposition of t
JUNE 11, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 7 DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi court has sentenced seven individuals to death for drug trafficking, including one foreign national. The Central Criminal Court’s decision, announced on June 9, 2024 by the Supreme Judicial Council
- JUNE 2, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ HANGS EIGHT CONVICTED OF 'TERRORISM'
Iraq executed eight people convicted of "terrorism", a security source and health official said on May 31, 2024, the third such group put to death in the country in little over a month.
- MAY 28, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: THREE ISIS FIGHTERS EXECUTED
The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council announced on May 28, 2024 the execution of three ISIS fighters.
MAY 20, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: NEARLY 100 DEATH SENTENCES, LIFE SENTENCES IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CRACKDOWN
Nearly 100 individuals – both Iraqi citizens and foreign nationals – were sentenced to death or life imprisonment on drug trafficking charges between 2023 and 2024, a spokesperson to the Interior Ministry said on May 15, 2024.
- MAY 15, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Baghdad court on May 13, 2024 handed a death sentence for a drug dealer of foreign nationality accused of bringing narcotics into the country, state media reported.
- MAY 7, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ EXECUTES 11 PEOPLE CONVICTED OF TERRORISM
Iraqi authorities on May 6, 2024 executed by hanging 11 people convicted of “terrorism”, security and health sources told AFP, the second such group put to death since late April.
- APRIL 27, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ HANGS 11 CONVICTED OF 'TERRORISM'
Iraqi authorities have executed at least 11 people convicted of "terrorism" this week, security and health sources said April 24, 2024, with rights group Amnesty International condemning an "alarming lack of transparency".
- APRIL 22, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: TWO ISIS-LINKED INDIVIDUALS SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Central Criminal Court under the Iraqi Judiciary Council on April 22, 2024 handed a death sentence to two individuals linked to ISIS.
- APRIL 15, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: 6 DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi court on April 14, 2024 issued death sentences to six drug dealers, including three foreigners.
MARCH 14, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: SUSPECTED ISIS MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Iraqi judiciary on March 12, 2024 sentenced a suspected Islamic State (ISIS) murderer in Anbar province to death, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) reported
MARCH 11, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 5 DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi court on February 27, 2024 handed down death sentences to five drug dealers, including three foreigners.
FEBRUARY 27, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: A TERRORIST SENTENCED TO DEATH, DRUG DEALERS GET LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The Supreme Judicial Council stated on February 26, 2024 that a terrorist had been given the death penalty for setting off a car bomb close to the Prophet Ayyub 's shrine.
FEBRUARY 19, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: SULAIMANI COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
A Sulaimani court on February 18, 2024 sentenced a man to death for burning his wife alive nearly two years ago
JANUARY 24, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: THIRTEEN MEN EXECUTED IN NASIRIYAH PRISON
Thirteen men were executed in Nasiriyah prison on December 25, 2023, the first mass execution since 21 men were executed on November 16, 2020.