U.N. Condemns Executions of 38 Prisoners in Iraq<br />Iraqi appeared that They are sitting there because it’s required by Iraqi law; they are not sitting there because they are providing a defense.<br />"Given the flaws of the Iraqi justice system, it appears extremely doubtful<br />that strict due process and fair trial guarantees were followed in these 38 cases," Elizabeth Throssell, a spokeswoman for the United Nations human rights office in Geneva, told reporters.<br />The prison is believed to have about 6,000 prisoners on death row, Agnes Callamard, a United<br />Nations human rights expert monitoring extrajudicial executions, said in an email.<br />Iraq’s judicial authorities have tried or convicted at least 7,374 people on suspicion<br />of Islamic State links since 2014, Human Rights Watch said this month in a report.<br />Islamic State had that So they’re both equally culpable.<br />United Nations human rights officials have said that speeding up the execution of accused militants could result in the deaths of innocent people.<br />15, 2017<br />GENEVA — The United Nations said Friday that it was appalled by a mass execution of prisoners in Iraq<br />and called for an immediate halt to executions, citing flaws in the country’s criminal justice system.
