Ahmed Hamdawi Owaid al-Kinani is sentenced to death for the murder of Hisham al-Hashemi. The convict can appeal the verdict, a judicial source told AFP.
Al- hashemi was assassinated on July 2020, by gunmen riding a motorcycle. His assassination shocked the country and condemnation from the United Nations and Western capitals.. UNAMI: "impunity" persists in Iraq with regard to attacks targeting demonstrators, activists and critics of "armed elements" attributed to the attacks.