IRAQ: CHRISTIAN CLERIC CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY

the Chaldean archbishop of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, Louis Sako, condemned recent executions carried out by the Iraqi government and called for the abolition of the death penalty. "The death penalty is a horrible deed. It is humanly and spiritually unjustifiable. It is an offence to life and to the maker," he said. "Problems are not solved by death."