TIKRIT, Iraq, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Amnesty International said Iraq's use of executions will only "perpetuate the cycle of violence" in the country following the hanging of 36 prisoners.
The men were convicted in the killing of 1,700 Iraqi military recruits at Camp Speicher in Tikrit in 2014 and hanged Sunday, according to the state-run Iraqiya channel.