Czech EU presidency condemns Iraq executions

The Czech EU presidency has condemned reports of a number of judicial executions in Iraq, and has called upon the country to suspend capital punishment. In a statement, the bloc’s Czech presidency called reports of 20 recent executions ‘disturbing’, it added that it was alarmed that more such executions may be planned. The international community has been calling on Iraq to suspend capital punishment since it resumed the practice after a short pause in 2004.

Author: Rosie Johnston