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Islamic State: Iraq sentences French citizens to death | Islamic State: Iraq sentences French citizens to death |
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Three Frenchmen have been sentenced to death by an Iraqi court after being found guilty of joining the Islamic State (IS) militant group. | |
The men - named as Kevin Gonot, Leonard Lopez and Salim Machou by AFP news agency - have 30 days to appeal. | |
They were among 12 French citizens captured in Syria by US-backed fighters before being transferred to Iraq for trial in February. | |
The three are the first IS suspects from France to be sentenced to death. | |
France has yet to react to Sunday's court ruling in Baghdad. | |
But when pressed on the issue in February, French President Emmanuel Macron declined to comment, saying it was a sovereign matter for Iraq. | |
The Iraqi courts have so far tried hundreds of alleged foreign militants, but none has been executed so far. | |
Human rights groups have heavily criticised such trials, which they say often rely on circumstantial evidence or confessions made during torture. | Human rights groups have heavily criticised such trials, which they say often rely on circumstantial evidence or confessions made during torture. |