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Iraq's European allies call for halt to death penalty

(AFP) ? Feb 16, 2010GENEVA ? Britain, France and Italy on Tuesday called on Iraq to halt use of the death penalty, expressing concern at a growth in the number of executions in the past two years.However, Iraq told the UN Human Rights Council that it had not been in a position to abolish capital punishment "because of the severity and intensity of terrorist crimes" and their huge civilian toll."Because of the extraordinary circumstances we are facing... we have maintained the penalty as a means of deterrence," while victims and their relatives needed a sense of justice, explained Iraq's Minister for Human Rights, Wijdan Salim.Some 122 executions were carried out over the past five years out of 925 death sentences passed by criminal courts, according to Iraqi authorities...continue to full post

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