Death sentences for links with the IS are issued to a vertiginous degree

Baghdad, July 9 (TASR) – Iraqi judges have been appalled at efforts to prosecute and punish alleged members of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization. In recent years, more than 3,000 death sentences have been passed in Iraq, according to the AP

. In the country, about 250 people have been killed in the country since 2001 for alleged links with the Islamic State. The highest punishment may result from any allegation that he took a weapon on behalf of Islamic State terrorists.

Because dependence on whistleblowers is particularly high, there are also opportunities for some claims to be motivated by personal reasons. unpleasant, AP writes. Informants will never appear in court; their claims are presented by the judiciary in the form of written reports from Secret Service agents – not to mention their possible motive

Thousands of defendants swap quickly in court, with individual processes not exceeding 10 or 15 minutes. Up to one-third of these processes end with the death sentence. Witnesses are rarely involved in such a trial, and forensic evidence is not presented in court, thus increasing the likelihood that innocent persons will be executed

Cases are based on grounds so vague that President Fuad Masoum has not ratified many of the executions. Nevertheless, the pressure for faster executions is increasing even by Prime Minister Hajdar Abadi. Last month, 13 people were accused of being responsible for IS in Iraq only three hours after the President's ratification of the executions