IRAQ: EXECUTIONS AT THEIR HIGHEST IN POST-SADDAM IRAQ

November 7, 2013: At least seven prisoners were sent to the gallows in Iraq, bringing the number of known executions to the highest in the decade since the toppling of Saddam Hussein in 2003.
At least 132 people have been executed in Iraq so far this year – the highest number since the country reinstated capital punishment in 2004. However, the true number could be higher and the Iraqi authorities have yet to publish full figures.
Previously, only in 2009 (at least 120 executions) and in 2012 (at least 129) were the figures of known executions comparable to this year’s total, but each time for the whole calendar year. (Sources: amnesty.org, 08/11/2013)