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Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council
sentenced on Monday four individuals to six years in prison over affiliation
with and promotion of the banned Baath Party.
In a statement, the council said
Baghdad’s Karkh Criminal Court issued the ruling after authorities found
materials promoting Baathist ideology on the defendants’ mobile phones. The
case was linked to activities recorded in Kirkuk during 2025 and 2026.
The court based its decision on
Article 8 (First) of Iraq’s Baath Party Ban Law No. 32 of 2016, along with
Articles 47, 48, and 49 of the Penal Code relating to participation in criminal
acts.
On April 26, Iraq’s Federal Court of
Cassation acquitted former lawmaker Haider al-Mulla of charges related to
promoting the banned Baath Party.