UN: accelerated Iraqi death sentences risk greater injustice
Given the weaknesses of the Iraqi justice system," the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, said, "I am gravely concerned that innocent people have been and may continue to be convicted and executed, resulting in gross, irreversible miscarriages of justice.
The protests largely dissipated after Iraqi forces retook the city of Fallujah, but unrest was reignited when an Islamic State group bombing in a busy shopping district in downtown Baghdad killed at least 292 people on July 3.
According to figures compiled by Amnesty, Iraq regularly ranks among the top five countries in the world for carrying out the most executions.