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Saddam hussein should not face the death penalty, the Government's human rights envoy to Iraq has said. Iraq's interim government reinstated the death penalty for murder, endangering national security and distributing drugs earlier this month.
Cynon Valley MP Ann Clwyd, Tony Blair's representative on human rights, said yesterday, 'I am sorry the death penalty has been reintroduced, because obviously the UK opposes the death penalty. And as it has been reintroduced, we will continue to lobby the government to abolish it as we do with other states that retain the death penalty.'See the full content of this document
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Drop the Death Penalty, Clwyd Tells Iraq
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