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[Gorilla's Guides] Amnesty has learnt that Iraq’s Presidential Council has ratified death sentences against the women and that a number of women prisoners have recently been transferred to the 5th section (al-Shu’ba al-Khamisa) of Baghdad’s al-Kadhimiya Prison, where condemned prisoners are usually held immediately before execution. At least three women have already been executed since early June.

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