Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Capital punishment reinstated in Kurdistan
Kurdis
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tan The parliament of Kurdistan on Monday reinstated capital punishment in the autonomous Iraqi province, a source in Kurdistan National Assembly said. “Kurdistan parliament held a session on Monday… where a report by the legal committee and the human rights committee on capital punishment was read and it was agreed to reinstated the capital punishment in Kurdistan,” the source, who declined to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
After the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the fall of President Saddam Hussein, the U.S. administrator, L. Paul Bremer, suspended capital punishment.The capital punishment, however, was reinstated in Iraq in August 2004.
After the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the fall of President Saddam Hussein, the U.S. administrator, L. Paul Bremer, suspended capital punishment.The capital punishment, however, was reinstated in Iraq in August 2004.
