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Save Samar Saed Abdullah from death row in Iraq
Published by Richard Moore on May 09, 2007
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Target: Iraq Government
Region: Iraq
Web site: http://SamarSaedAbdullah.com
Background (Preamble):
By Arwa Damon CNN
Tried and convicted in 1 day
From Samar Saed Abdullah's mother -
"She didn't confess," her mother, Hana'a Abdul Hakim, told CNN. "It was from the beating they gave her. She was bleeding. She finally said write what you want, just stop."
Under Iraqi law, her claim to confessing under torture should have been investigated, but it wasn't. CNN's repeated queries to the Higher Judicial Council and the Ministry of Justice went unanswered.
"The judiciary is no longer involved, and nothing can be done unless new evidence comes to light, which is unlikely," her appeals lawyer, Ali Azzawi, said.
CNN - Link
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/08/iraq.deathpenalty/index.html
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Tried and convicted in 1 day
From Samar Saed Abdullah's mother -
"She didn't confess," her mother, Hana'a Abdul Hakim, told CNN. "It was from the beating they gave her. She was bleeding. She finally said write what you want, just stop."
Under Iraqi law, her claim to confessing under torture should have been investigated, but it wasn't. CNN's repeated queries to the Higher Judicial Council and the Ministry of Justice went unanswered.
"The judiciary is no longer involved, and nothing can be done unless new evidence comes to light, which is unlikely," her appeals lawyer, Ali Azzawi, said.
CNN - Link
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/08/iraq.deathpenalty/index.html
YouTube.com
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Petition:
A CNN Story - By Arwa Damon
Tried and convicted in 1 day
Abdullah is among the death-row women.
She is accused of being an accessory to the murder of her uncle, aunt and cousin -- slayings that allegedly were carried out at their family home by her husband.
In the court documents from her trial, she admitted to confessing she had gone to her uncle's house with her husband with the intent to steal, but she says she made that confession as a result of being tortured.
In reaching its verdict, the court disregarded her testimony on the grounds that her confession was closer to the date of the crime.
She was tried and convicted in a single day, August 15, 2005.
Tried and convicted in 1 day
Abdullah is among the death-row women.
She is accused of being an accessory to the murder of her uncle, aunt and cousin -- slayings that allegedly were carried out at their family home by her husband.
In the court documents from her trial, she admitted to confessing she had gone to her uncle's house with her husband with the intent to steal, but she says she made that confession as a result of being tortured.
In reaching its verdict, the court disregarded her testimony on the grounds that her confession was closer to the date of the crime.
She was tried and convicted in a single day, August 15, 2005.
The Save Samar Saed Abdullah from death row in Iraq petition to Iraq Government was written by Richard Moore and is in the category Justice at GoPetition. Contact author here. Petition tags: samar saed abdullah, cnn
