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NASIRIYAH: Iraqi authorities on Monday executed by hanging 11 people convicted of “terrorism”, security and health sources said, the second such group put to death since late April. A security official said that the executions took place at Al-Hut prison in the southern city of Nasiriyah in Dhi Qar province, where 11 other people likewise convicted of “terrorism” were executed last …

NASIRIYAH: Iraqi authorities executed 11 people convicted of “terrorism” this week, security and health sources said on Wednesday, with rights group Amnesty International condemning an “alarming lack of transparency”. Under Iraqi law, terrorism and murder offences are punishable by death, and execution decrees must be signed by the president. A security source in southern Dhi Qar province said that 11 …