Iraq’s Execution of 34 People in One Day ‘Shocking’ – UN Human Rights Chief

by Gary Kopycinski on January 24, 2012

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GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–24 January 2012. The United Nations human rights chief said today she was shocked at reports that 34 people were executed in Iraq in a single day last week and called on the country to institute an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty.