Death Penalty
Imminent Execution of Three Iraqi Women
The U.N. Observer reported yesterday that the executions of Wassan Talib, Zainab Fadhil and Liqa Omar Muhammad are expected to occur on March 3rd.
Wassan Talib and Zeynab Fadhil were sentenced to death by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq (CCCI) on August 31, 2006 for the 2005 murder of several members of Iraqi security forces in the Baghdad district of Hay al-Furat. Both women denied they had been involved, and Zeynab Fadhil reportedly claimed that she was abroad at the time of the killings.
Liqa' Qamar was sentenced to death on February 6, 2006 by the CCCI, for a kidnapping which reportedly took place in 2005. Her husband is said to have been detained and accused of the same crime. No further details are available.
All three women are held at Baghdad's al-Kadhimiya Prison. Two have young children with them: Zeynab Fadhil her three-year-old daughter, Liqa' Qamar her one-year-old daughter, who was born in prison.
All three women, along with Samar Sa'ad ‘Abdullah, were the subject of an Amnesty International Urgent Action circulated on February 9th, before their execution dates were known. A copy of the full Urgent Action, which includes contact information for the relevant Iraqi officials and advice on how to effectively send letters and emails, is attached below.
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