The US has defended the US-backed authorities’ right to hang people

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Iraq executes 27 men convicted of murder

BAGHDAD - Iraq said it executed 27 men in Baghdad on Wednesday after they were convicted of murder and rape. snip

Traditionally, under an penal system dating to the time of British rule, Iraq executes convicts by hanging and officials said last year this was the case when executions resumed for the first time since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

The United Nations and European states have criticised the Iraqi government for re-introducing capital punishment. The United States has defended the US-backed authorities’ right to use the death penalty.

Some of the more than 1,200 people convicted of insurgent activity by the US-sponsored Central Criminal Court of Iraq have been sentenced to death. Precise figures on convictions and executions were not immediately available.

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