Iraq executes 13 men following unfair trials marred by torture allegations

Headline Title:  Iraq executes 13 men following unfair trials marred by torture allegations 25 September 2013 All executions in Iraq must be halted immediately, Amnesty International urged today after 13 men were executed in Baghdad. Today, the organization has been able to confirm the names of nine of the men, who were executed on 22 September following death sentences imposed after unfair trials and based on “confessions” allegedly extracted under torture. Four others were also executed that day, bringing the total number of executions in Iraq so far this year to at least 73.“The…

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