IRAQ: 21 EXECUTION DECREES RECEIVED BY JUSTICE MINISTRY

Iraqi Justice Ministry reported receiving 21 presidential decrees for executing convicts charged with terrorism, after President Fuad Masum had announced, two days before, the endorsement of the long-awaited death sentences to “protect the security of the society.” In a televised statement, he pointed that he approved the death sentences which were delayed for the last few years, fearing to be “vengeance cases” among different Iraqi blocs. (Sources: Iraq TradeLink, 15/08/2015)