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Old May 30th, 2019 #262
Stewart Meadows
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World News May 28, 2019 / 9:02 AM

France calls on Iraq to spare six of its citizens from death penalty


PARIS (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday said France was intensifying diplomatic efforts to prevent six of its citizens being executed in Iraq after they were sentenced to death for belonging to Islamic State.

Iraqi courts sentenced two more French nationals to death on Tuesday, bringing the number of French Islamic State members facing the death penalty to six.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-i...-idUSKCN1SY0J5