Urgent – Hashimi: Ready to submit to fair judicial authorities, not corrupted

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The judicially sentenced in absentia Vice-President, Tariq al-Hashimi, announced his readiness to submit to the “Fair judicial authorities rather than for the corrupted ones.”

In a press conference held on Monday, Hashimi said “I am ready to submit to the fair judicial sides rather than the corrupted or politicized authorities,” calling the United Nations to “Support the file of the human rights and stop the non preceded execution campaigns in Iraq.”

Earlier, The Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court issued a death penalty verdict in absentia against the fugitive Vice President, Tariq al-Hashimi, and his Office’s Director, Ahmed Qahtan, for being involved in murdering the lawyer Suhad al-Ubaidi and the national security officer Talib Balasim and his wife.

Judicial source reported to IraqiNews.com “Hashimi and his assistant Qahtan face three death sentences for these crimes,” noting that “The verdict is subject for appeal.”