Kuwait Condemns 8 More to Die
Despite growing international criticism, Kuwait’s judicial system Thursday sentenced eight more people to death for collaborating with Iraq during the emirate’s occupation.
The death sentences were the most returned in a single day since the martial-law courts began their work May 19.
Among those condemned Thursday were Jordanian brothers Mamoun and Mohammed Masoud, of Palestinian origin, convicted of collaborating and carrying unlicensed weapons. The others were an Iraqi, four Jordanians and a stateless Arab.
There is no appeal under martial law, but the martial-law governor, Crown Prince Saad al Abdullah al Sabah, must approve all sentences in consultation with three judges from the Court of Appeals.
In Washington, the State Department urged Kuwait to meticulously review the cases of people sentenced to death, but it declined to join human rights groups in calling for the sentences to be commuted.
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