Health and security officials in Iraq said on Wednesday, April 24 (Thor 5th) that they have executed 11 people who were convicted of involvement in terrorist incidents.
Amnesty International has expressed concern about the lack of transparency in the implementation of these executions and has condemned this work.
A security official in the southern province of Dhi Qar told the French news agency that under the supervision of a delegation from the Ministry of Justice, 11 ISIS terrorists were executed in Al-Nasiriyah prison.
A health source in the region has also confirmed that the bodies of these 11 people have been transferred to them. This source, whose name was not mentioned in the report, said that these people were executed based on the fourth article of the anti-terrorism law.
The executed people were residents of Salah al-Din province and so far the bodies of seven people have been handed over to their families.
In the past few years, Iraqi courts have sentenced hundreds of people to life imprisonment and execution for terrorist activities and membership of terrorist groups.
Human rights groups say that Iraqi courts use haste and in some cases confessions have been forced from the accused.
Amnesty International has condemned the execution of 11 people in Iraq, saying the terrorism charges were “false and vague”.
The organization said that the Iraqi authorities executed 13 people on Monday, at least 11 of whom were convicted of being associated with Daesh.