United Nations asks Iraq to stop executions

ECH1969

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Mon Sep-05-05 12:06 AM
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United Nations asks Iraq to stop executions

UNITED NATIONS: Expressing regret over Iraqi government's decision to execute by hanging three men accused of kidnapping, killing and rape, the United Nations has called on Baghdad to commute the death penalty in future.

The United Nations will continue to assist the Government in Iraq in its attempts to foster a culture based on the rule of law and respect of human rights," it said.

"In this spirit, the United Nations urges the Government of Iraq to commute all future sentences of capital punishment and to base its legitimate quest for security on the protection and promotion to the right to life."

http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1220185.cms

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darkism

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Mon Sep-05-05 12:12 AM
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1. Meanwhile, the US keeps capital punishment

Our Xtian theocracy is worse than the Islamic theocracy we created.

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