Security and defense working on a mobile checkpoints instead of fixed checkpoints
On: Sun 02/12/2012 9:40
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U.S. Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice Busho Ibrahim said the ministry is committed to implementing the provisions of the penalty under the applicable laws. This came in response to demand, Human Rights Watch Human Rights to halt the death penalty, which said it was 65 ruled since the beginning of this year. Ibrahim explained in an interview with Radio Sawa
That the ministry has decided to announce the implementation of executions than the previous stage, adding that the authorities carry out executions regularly since the year two thousand and four, but they were not advertised. The Deputy Minister of Justice that the prisons are open to international organizations to monitor the status of prisoners and between Abraham to authenticate the presidency on the death sentences now take a faster pace than the previous government. The reaction of government and public was rejecting the request of the Organization of Human Rights to stop the death penalty or its abolition, the Ministry of Justice, in turn, confirmed that it an executive, and the abolition of the death penalty the responsibility of the Council of Ministers and House of Representatives.
and Spokesman for the ministry Haidar al-Saadi, after the acquisition of judicial decisions have become final implementation is, criticizing the Some human rights organizations that double standard, and defend the killers as he put it. Spokesman for the Supreme Judicial Council, Abdul Sattar Bayraktar In previous statements he made to the extent defended the independence of the judiciary and the actions carried out, questioning the credibility of the international reports, while noting that much of the developed countries like the United States still retain the death penalty. And that the suspension or abolition of the death penalty is the prerogative of the two legislative, executive, The Deputy Executive Director of the Middle East at Human Rights Watch, Joe Stark has recently announced: "It seems that the Iraqi government gave executioners state the green light to execute individuals as they please. The government should declare an immediate moratorium on all executions, and begin to reform the Iraqi criminal justice system, which suffers from problems. " The Organization of Human Rights Watch International has expressed concern over the Iraqi courts to take the organization considers it confessions extracted under duress.
According to the United Nations, it is expected that there will be 1200 people have been sentenced to death in Iraq since 2004. And Iraqi law authorizes the death penalty in about 50 crime, including terrorism, kidnapping and murder. According to Human Rights Watch said in a statement that since the beginning of 2012 was executed Iraq account for 65 prisoners, at least 51 of them in January, and 14 others on February 8, the multiple crimes, and has predicted more of the executions in the days and weeks ahead. Opposes the Human Rights Watch, the death penalty in principle, and in all circumstances, due to the "nature of the inhuman."
and calls for the international law of human rights that limited the death penalty for the most serious crimes in places that had not been abolished the death penalty, with a commitment to the justice system with international standards fair trial with all accuracy. In the context of security confirmed a member of the Commission on Security and Defence parliamentary governor Zamili that work is ongoing development of mobile checkpoints jointly by the ministries of interior, defense and military discipline, police, national security and intelligence rather than fixed checkpoints. He said Zamili told Euphrates News yesterday that "the reasons set checkpoints and mobile joint is not to be able to arrest on one of the criminals to negotiate with him for the purpose of smuggling or trafficking money in his possession," explaining that "when joint control will be of great benefit, especially It consists from all sections of the security forces. "
and that "these checkpoints mobile will be monitoring is also through the cameras that will be concentrated in areas and public squares in Baghdad," noting that "these cameras will be channeled to their information in a joint operations center to monitor and control the movement of checkpoints mobile." The Baghdad Operations Command announced that, in the 28 of last September, a decision to reduce the security checkpoints in all areas of the capital. Experiencing areas of Baghdad's busiest suffocating because of the many security checkpoints in the streets, which have become plague Iraqi citizens and cause him discomfort.
He explained that "we do not need to Army units and checkpoints large hamper traffic in the city, especially since there are densely populated and the intensity of the wheels as well as the streets are narrow and crowded does not assume the many checkpoints, "noting that he" should pour our efforts on electronic surveillance and intelligence work instead of checkpoints. "
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