Iraq

IRAQ: 24 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SPEICHER KILLINGS

An Iraqi court sentenced 24 people to death over the killing of hundreds of soldiers at a former U.S. military

SYRIA: ISLAMIC STATE BEHEADS FOUR FOR SORCERY, INCLUDING TWO WOMEN

Islamic State (IS) has beheaded two women in eastern Syria, the first time the jihadist group has

IRAQ: PRESIDENT MASUM IS HESITATING TO SIGN EXECUTION ORDERS OF CONVICTS SENTENCED DURING AL-MALIKI’S GOVERNMENT

Presidency spokesperson Khalid Shwani told BasNews that 667 execution orders were waiting to be

IRAQI JUDICIARY SENTENCED A SAUDI AND A TAJIKISTAN WITH DEATH FOR BELONGING TO ISIS

Central Criminal Court sentenced two convicted, one of them is from Tajikistan and the other is from Saudi Arabia to death.

IRAQ: ISIS MILITANTS STONE COUPLE ACCUSED OF ADULTERY

Islamic State militants in Iraq publicly stoned a man and woman to death on charges of adultery, parading the victims in a public square in the northern city of Mosul, according to witnesses and an Iraqi military official.

IRAQ: IN TWO YEARS 236 CONVICTS HANGED

Despite the pressure by the international human right organizations, the Iraqi government continues to execute and hang convicts.

IRAQ: 6 TERRORISTS EXECUTED IN NASSIRIYA PRISON

six people were executed by hanging in the prison of Nassiriya, security sources reported.

IRAQ: IS KILLS FOUR FOR HOMOSEXUALITY

Members of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group publicly beheaded four young people on charges of

IRAQ: DEATH PENALTY IMPOSED ON FIVE CONVICTED OF KIDNAPPING AND KILLING CRIMES

The Central Criminal Court announced it has issued a death sentence against five convicted of kidnapping

JORDAN: TWO CONVICTED TERRORISTS EXECUTED IN RETALIATION FOR PILOT’S KILLING BY ISLAMIC STATE

Jordan executed two Al-Qaeda prisoners by hanging in retaliation for the killing of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State (IS) group.

On April 9, 2003 Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime was overthrown by a US-led military coalition.

On April 9, 2003 Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime was overthrown by a US-led military coalition.

IRAQ: ISIS EXECUTES TWO FEMALE PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES FOLLOWING SHARIA DEATH SENTENCE

“ISIS gunmen executed two former female candidates in Mosul after the Sharia Court issued death sentence

IRAQ: KURDISTAN PARLIAMENT LAW COMMITTEE, ‘A FINAL DECISION MUST BE TAKEN ON THE DEATH PENALTY’

The head of the Law Committee in Kurdistan Parliament, Valla Farid, told BasNews that there should be

IRAQ: DEATH PENALTY FUELS VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRY, SAYS U.N. REPORT

the United Nations said Iraq should stop its widespread use of the death penalty, which is unjust, flawed

IRAQ: IS MILITANTS KILL LEADING IRAQI FEMALE HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER

Islamic State (IS) militants publicly killed a leading lawyer and human rights defender in the Iraqi city of

IRAQ: ISIS MILITANTS STONE MAN TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY IN MOSUL

IRAQ: SHI'ITE MILITIA HANGS UP 15 EXECUTED SUNNIS IN SQUARE

Iraqi Shi'ite militia forces executed 15 Sunni Muslims and then hung them from electricity poles in a public

IRAQ: SECURITY FORCES ACCUSED OF EXECUTING PRISONERS

A rights group has said Iraqi security forces and Shia militia members have been involved in executing at

IRAQ: SEVEN ‘TERRORISTS’ SENTENCED TO DEATH PENALTY

Babel’s Criminal Court sentenced 7 men to death on terrorism charges, a source said to IraqiNews.com.

SYRIA: ISIL MILITANTS EXECUTE TWO KURDISH MEN NEAR ALEPPO

the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) executed two Kurdish civilians in the town of Deir Hafer in

IRAQ: MORE THAN 600 IRAQIS EXECUTED IN 4 YEARS

The Iraqi justice ministry has executed more than 600 "terrorists" in the past four years, the Iraqi justice

IRAQ CARRIED OUT DEATH SENTENCE ON CONVICTED OF TERRORIST CHARGES

The Iraqi authorities carried out death sentences against two convicted of "terrorist” charges as their court

IRAQ: SEVEN PEOPLE EXECUTED

Iraq executed seven people, including three agents of the ousted Saddam Hussein regime – Hadi Hassuni, Abdul Hassan al-Majid and Farukh Hijazi – who were convicted of the 1994 killing in Beirut of Sheikh Taleb al-Suhail al-Tamimi, the father of a current

IRAQ: 11 OTHERS HANGED FOR TERRORISM

Iraq hanged another 11 people convicted of terrorist offences, the Justice Ministry said, pursuing what a U.N. official has criticized as a "conveyor-belt of executions".

IRAQ: 38 HANGED DESPITE UN CHIEF CALLS TO STOP EXECUTIONS

Iraq’s Ministry of Justice sent 38 inmates to the gallows. According to a report aired by al-Rafedein TV, these inmates were executed in the so-called high security prison.

IRAQ: AL-MALIKI, ISLAM AND CONSTITUTION AUTHORISE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki publicly rebuked UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's call for

On April 9, 2003 Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime was overthrown by a US-led military coalition.

On April 9, 2003 Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime was overthrown by a US-led military coalition.