“The mass executions in Iraq are a terrible example of the arbitrariness of the cruel punishment,” Aurelie Placais, the Director of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, tells TIME.

Iraq reinstated capital punishment for people guilty of murder, endangering national security and distributing drugs, the government announced Sunday, saying the death penalty was necessary to ...

Iraq's Penal Code provides for a wide range ... The wide array of offenses subject to capital punishment under Iraqi legislation and Iraqi government practiceÑboth its frequent applications ...

UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet said late last year that given such gaps in Iraq's legal system, implementing capital punishment "may amount to an arbitrary deprivation of life by ...

That’s how recent executions have proceeded in Iraq–at least when the equipment works. Since the Iraqi government reintroduced capital punishment in 2004, several executions have been beset by ...

Iraq today reinstated its suspended capital punishment law for people guilty of murder, endangering national security and distributing drugs, the government announced. Iraq today reinstated its ...

Our political analysts tackle President Bush's latest speech on Iraq, new capital punishment laws, fallout from Karl Rove's resignation, and the CIA's internal investigation. Joining Farai Chideya ...

Capital punishment is legal in Iraq (as it is in the U.S., regrettably), and Iraqi authorities are unlikely to be swayed by death penalty abolitionists in this of all cases. The prospect of ...

The EU called on Iraqi authorities to push towards “consistent policy” to repeal capital punishment in the country and “refrain from any future executions”. Iraq executed 21 men on ...

Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia together accounted ... which is wrestling with a dilemma over capital punishment. Despite the uptick, the report offers a glimmer of hope: the number of countries ...

Iraq has hanged 12 prisoners convicted of terrorism-related charges. Western news agencies quote Justice Ministry officials as saying the 12 were executed on November 17. The officials did not ...

Sweden, which has abolished capital punishment, is firmly opposed to its ... involved in the shooting of another Swedish national in Iraq in January. For more news like this visit TOI.