Tue, 21-Oct-2025

UK ministers under pressure to free Briton facing death penalty in Iraq

A retired British geologist is at risk of facing the death penalty in Iraq over smuggling allegations. A petition urging the release of father-of-two Jim Fitton, 66, has received more than 97,000 signatures in the three days since it was launched. His daughter Leila and her husband Sam Tasker, from Bath, in Somerset, have said … Read more

British man faces death sentence in Iraq

Iraq

The children of a British man facing the death penalty in Iraq for attempting to smuggle pottery out of the country have begged the UK government to help in his case. After finding 12 shards of stone and broken pottery from his luggage, Baghdad airport police detained 66-year-old Jim Fitton, who was on his first … Read more