Hundreds of detainees held by the US military in Iraq are being put at
risk of execution, torture or other ill treatment as they are
transferred to Iraqi custody without safeguards.
The Iraqi authorities executed 12 people on Sunday, according to information received by Amnesty International. The 12 are believed to be among the 128 people who were on death row.
Nechirvan Barzani promised to make the security forces accountable for cases of arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearances and other ill-treatment.
Condoleezza Rice approved the use of “water-boarding” in 2002 according
to information released on Wednesday by the US Senate Select Committee
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Amnesty International welcomes the strong commitment to human rights expressed by Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani in a meeting with the organization in Erbil today.
Security forces in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region operate outside the rule of law and regularly abuse their authority, Amnesty International said in a new report t
