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Sadrists: 70% of our prisoners would be freed under the amnesty
On: Friday 1/27/2012 6:47
Baghdad / term
A leading figure in the Sadrist movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr on Thursday to extend to 70% of current prisoners of the General Amnesty Law, which will hopefully approved by the House of Representatives in the coming period. And the proposed amnesty law proposed by the Sadrist bloc and later pledged Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki not to pass for fear of coverage for the killers and "terrorists."
The law is one of the terms of the political agreement that paved the way for the formation of the Iraqi government, which support the Sadr movement Maliki's nomination for a second term.
A member of the Commission on Human Rights in the province of Karbala for the Sadrist movement Jassim Fatlawi told the Kurdish news agency reported that "a large proportion of prisoners of the Sadrist movement is estimated at 70% of the currently in Iraqi custody will be released in the event of a general amnesty law. "
He pointed out that "the number of detainees from the followers of the Sadrist movement in the detention camps of Karbala of 35 detainees, including 19 detainees were sentenced to judicial five of them were condemned to death."
have been arrested many of the followers of Sadr's movement after 2003, including gunmen in the military wing of the stream known as the "Mahdi Army", who fought pitched battles with Iraqi forces - U.S. operation in Baghdad and southern cities in 2005 and 2008.
he drew some fingers to some of the leaders of the Sadrist movement involvement in the events sectarian violence that swept the country in 2006 and 2007 and claimed the lives of thousands of citizens.
and the voice of the Iraqi parliament in the September / September, the General Amnesty Law controversial, to be referred to the Legal Committee to determine the extent to which paragraphs with the Iraqi Constitution.
Habib said Hamza terminal leader of the Bloc citizen of the Islamic Supreme Council headed by Ammar al-Hakim said, "Amnesty Law will be passed in the next few days."
and add that "the law, currently under the table of the House of Representatives, but it seems that when some of the things that must be studied carefully as a double-edged sword may benefit some of the detainees The detriment of others. "
However, to say "but we do not accept in any way that the law covers those which shed the blood of innocent Iraqis from any party whatsoever, and this needs to be considerable debate."
The Terminal, "The law will not include any armed organization charged with terrorism that terrorism cases, particularly those sentenced according to Article 4 terrorism. "
Article I of the law that exempted a general amnesty and comprehensive report on the Iraqis (civilians and military) inside and outside Iraq sentenced to death or imprisonment for life or temporary or imprisonment, whether their sentences adversarial or in absentia gained class deterministic or not acquired.
indicates a proposed law that he be evacuated convicts and detainees referred to in Article (1) and (2) of this Act after the issuance of the decision to release from the committee formed under the provisions of this Act, unless they have been convicted or arrested for crimes they did not fall Magistrate where or waiver with people with the victim, or debtors to persons or to the state until they pay what discharged from the debt at once or in installments or expires custody of the Executive, but the proposed law excludes persons involved murder, drugs and incest.
The Legal Committee in the Iraqi parliament has confirmed completion of the preparation of a draft general amnesty law submitted by the executive, noting that the Committee raised the bill to the presidency of the Council to put forward during the meetings for a vote.
Committee Chairman Khalid Shwani in an earlier statement that "the Legal Committee completed the study proposed amnesty law after studying intensive, "noting that he" was hired with the concerned parties to this law are the judiciary and the Council of State and civil society organizations. "
The Shwani "The committee prepared a final draft and final report of the proposed law was forwarded to the Presidency of the Council of Representatives," waving "There is no disagreement or objection by any party of law and legislation on the legal committee ended the legal and technical functions in this file. "
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