Iraq has executed 100 since January, 8,000 on death row: official
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region â — More than 100 individuals have been executed in Iraq since January, with a staggering 8,000 more on death row, according to Iraq's UN-approved human rights body.
The execution figures came from Iraqi Ministry of Justice data that was reviewed by the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights, according to one commission member.
"According to the data of the Iraqi Justice Ministry that have been reviewed by the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights, over 100 people have been executed in Iraq," Hemin Bajalan told Rudaw English on Sunday. "There are 8,022 prisoners in Iraq convicted with execution."
Read more at: https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/190820191
Link has a picture of 4 men at the gallows. Looks like it was done inside vs. outside.
