Iraq: Televised ‘confessions’, torture and unfair trials underpin world’s fourth highest executioner

Iraqi authorities are increasingly imposing the death penalty including after pretrial televised “confessions”, uninvestigated allegations of torture and unfair trials, according to a new report from Amnesty International.

Iraq has now become the country with the fourth highest number of executions after China, Iran and Pakistan, with the execution of at least 65 people last year.

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