“Iraq is now the world’s fourth highest user of the death penalty, human rights group Amnesty International has said … At least 270 people have been sentenced to death since mid-2004, often after unfair trials the report says, and more than 100 people have been hanged … Only China, Iran and Pakistan used the death penalty more frequently. “

From BBC News, here.

Posted Saturday, April 21st, 2007 @ 9:50 pm
Filed in china, human rights, middle east, politics

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