Musawi denies reconsidering death sentences against Saudi prisoners

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Media Advisor of the Prime Minister, Ali al-Musawi, denied what was reported in a Saudi newspaper regarding reconsidering the implementation of the death sentences against Saudi prisoners.

Musawi mentioned on his Facebook Account ”A Saudi newspaper reported that The Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, is intending to reconsider to implement the death sentences, which were issued against Saudi prisoners.”

”We deny the news in the Saudi newspaper and confirm that the judiciary authority is the only authority that issue deaths verdicts and no other authority can issue amnesty over convicted prisoners in terrorism cases,” he added.A Saudi newspaper published that the Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, approved to reconsider the death verdicts against five Saudi prisoners.