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Tomorrow Press / Baghdad: called on the United Nations Mission to help Iraq (UNAMI), on Thursday, the Iraqi government to the immediate cessation of all death sentences under implementation, expressing concern about the execution of 42 people, among them a woman as announced by the Ministry of Justice.
The mission said in a statement received, "Tomorrow's Press," that "the United Nations Mission to help Iraq (UNAMI) calls for the immediate cessation of all death sentences under implementation", expressing "grave concern about the implementation of death sentences against 42 people, among them a woman, on the eighth and ninth of the month, according to confirmed by the Iraqi Ministry of Justice. "
She appealed to the mission by the Iraqi government to "adopt a decision to stop all executions pursuant to resolutions of the General Assembly of the United Nations 62/149 for the year 2007 and 63/168 for the year 2009 and 65/205 in 2010 and to consider the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with a view to abolishing the death penalty in Iraq. "
The Iraqi Ministry of Justice announced on Thursday, for implementation of the death sentence against 42 convicts, including a woman, on charges of "terrorism" committed against the Iraqi people.
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