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Iraq must reveal whereabouts of Vice-President's detained aides ...
30 January 2012

Two women working for Iraq's vice-president have been arrested and are being held incommunicado.

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Iraqi women held without charge
27 January 2012

Two women employed by Iraq's Vice-President's Office were arrested on 1 January 2012. Their current whereabouts are not known. The Iraqi authorities issued an arrest ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/003/2012

Iraq: Further Information: Halt the Execution of Eleven Iraqi Men
20 January 2012

The Iraqi presidency has ratified the sentences of 11 men sentenced to death in 2010 for their alleged involvement in causing bomb explosions in August 2009. They ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/002/2012

Middle East and North Africa: Year of rebellion: The state of ...
9 January 2012

2011 was a year without precedent for the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa region. It was a year in which millions of people of all ages and backgrounds ...

Report       MDE 01/001/2012

Amnesty International | Middle East and North Africa: Protest and ...
9 January 2012

Repression and state violence is likely to continue to plague the Middle East and North Africa in 2012 unless governments in the region and international powers ...

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Middle East and North Africa: Protest and repression set to ...
9 January 2012

Repression and state violence is likely to continue to plague the Middle East and North Africa in 2012 unless governments in the region and international powers ...

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Iraq: Amnesty International condemns latest killings of civilians
5 January 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Date: 05 January 2012. AI Index: MDE 14/001/2012. Iraq: Amnesty International condemns latest killings of civilians. ...

Public Statement       MDE 14/001/2012

Iraq: Further information: Residents of 'Camp Shraf' in Iraq at ...
23 December 2011

Between 400 and 800 Iranian nationals living in a camp in Iraq could be transferred to a new location at the end of this year. Their security could be at risk while ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/047/2011

Iraq: Further information: Twelve men executed; three remain at ...
25 November 2011

Three men in Iraq are at risk of execution. Twelve alleged members of armed opposition groups were executed in Iraq on 24 November 2011. Those executed were reportedly ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/046/2011

Iraq: Further information: Tunisian national executed in Iraq
17 November 2011

Tunisian national Yosri ben Fakher Trigui was executed in Iraq on 16 November along with 10 other people.

Urgent Action       MDE 14/045/2011