Iraq’s Sunni vice president is a fugitive in Turkey, with multiple death sentences rendered against him for alleged terrorist activities, though the judgments were based on the confessions of bodyguards who had been tortured (one died during the “investigation”). An arrest warrant has now been issued against the former finance minister, also a Sunni, on similar charges.
此外，马利基还利用刑事法庭对政治对手进行压制。伊拉克逊尼派副总统是一名土耳其逃犯，因其涉嫌恐怖活动而背负多项死刑判决，但判决所依据的仅仅是身受酷刑的保镖的供认（其中一人甚至在“调查”过程中死亡）。基于类似指控同样对逊尼派前财政部长签发了逮捕令。