Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Foreign Wives of Islamic State Fighters Sentenced to Death in Iraq

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Some of the women smiled as the judge read his rulings in a staccato, rapid-fire rhythm. “Hanged by the neck until dead,” he said 17 times in a Baghdad court last Monday and Tuesday. At least six more wives of dead or captured foreign Islamic State fighters were sentenced to life in prison. For some IS supporters, a death sentence can be interpreted as a good thing, according to Judge Abdul Satar Bayraqdar, spokesperson for the High Court in Baghdad. “They think if they are killed,...

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