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Wire, March/April 2013 (10 December 2012)
1 March 2013

1) The Agenda 2) Up front: Not forgotten: A return to South Sudan 3) Enough! Time for a strong Arms Trade Treaty 4) We're unlocking the truth about secret renditions ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/002/2013

Iraq: Independent journalist detained in Baghdad: Nadir Dendoune
8 February 2013

Independent journalist Nadir Dendoune was arrested in Baghdad, Iraq, on 23 January. He was arrested for taking pictures without prior approval from the authorities ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/002/2013

Iraq: Investigation needed as troops shoot anti-government ...
25 January 2013

Iraq must immediately investigate the killings of protesters in Fallujah in accordance with international standards.

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Iraq: Further information: One brother released, two still held in ...
20 December 2012

One of three brothers arrested in Iraq has been released. The other brothers have been reportedly tortured while held incommunicado and require access to adequate ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/019/2012

Iraq urged to end executions amid ratification of death sentences ...
18 December 2012

Twenty-eight people are at imminent risk of execution after their death sentences were ratified yesterday.

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Iraq: No impunity for enforced disappearances: Iraq's obligations ...
14 December 2012

Amnesty International, the International Commission on Missing Persons and TRIAL welcome recent steps taken by the government of Iraq to begin the process of ...

Document       MDE 14/018/2012

Iraq: Death sentences after coerced 'confessions'
12 December 2012

Four Iraqi men were sentenced to death on 3 December following the broadcast of their coerced “confessions”, taken while they were held incommunicado in pre-trial ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/017/2012

Iraq: Three brothers at risk of torture in Iraq
10 December 2012

Three brothers arrested in the early hours of 5 December are at risk of torture at the Directorate of Counter-Crime in Ramadi, central Iraq. Torture and other ill ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/016/2012

Iraq: Spiralling executions signal urgent need to end use of death ...
5 October 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 5 October 2012. AI Index: MDE 14/015/2012. Iraq: Spiralling executions signal urgent need to end use of death penalty. ...

Public Statement       MDE 14/015/2012

Iraq: Palestinian born in Iraq at risk of execution: Ahmad 'Amr ' ...
5 October 2012

At the end of August, Ahmad 'Amr 'Abd al-Qadir Muhammad, a Palestinian man born in Iraq, was transferred to al-Kadhimiya Prison in Baghdad, a prison where executions ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/014/2012