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September 26, 2017

Amnesty Condemns Mass Iraqi Execution of 42 People
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In international news, the Iraqi government executed at least 42 people
on Sunday, in the biggest mass execution of the year. The 42 people were
hanged at a prison in the southern city of Nasiriyah. They were all
Sunni Muslims convicted on terrorism charges. Amnesty International
condemned the executions, saying, "Today's mass execution is a shocking
display of the Iraqi authorities' resort to the death penalty to try to
show they are responding to security threats."


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