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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

Iraq: Six men at risk of execution in Iraq
7 September 2012

At least six men, including one Saudi Arabian national, are at risk of execution in Iraq. Five of them have had their sentenced sent for ratification by the Iraqi ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/013/2012

Iraq: Five Libyans risk imminent execution in Iraq
31 August 2012

Five Libyan nationals are believed to be at risk of imminent execution in Iraq. Their sentences have been upheld and three of them could have been transferred for ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/012/2012

Iraq must halt executions
30 August 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT. 30 August 2012. Index: MDE 14/011/2012. Iraq must halt executions. Amnesty International ...

Public Statement       MDE 14/011/2012

Iraq: Iraq intends to execute 196 prisoners
24 July 2012

Some 196 people are at imminent risk of execution in Iraq: the Ministry of Interior has announced their sentences are at the final stage and should be implemented ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/010/2012

Iraq urged to halt executions after 196 death sentences upheld ...
24 July 2012

Iraq urged to commute all death sentences and impose a moratorium on the death penalty following an announcement that nearly 200 executions would proceed.

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Iraq: Amnesty International condemns killings of civilians and ...
23 July 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT 23 July 2012 AI Index: MDE 14/009/2012. Iraq: Amnesty International condemns killings of civilians ...

Public Statement       MDE 14/009/2012

Iraq: Amnesty International condemns killings of pilgrims during ...
13 June 2012

At least 55 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a wave of bombings across Iraq during a major Shi'a religous festival.

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Iraq: Saddam aide hanged, others face execution
8 June 2012

Saddam Hussain's former private secretary was executed in Iraq on 7 June 2012. Two former ministers sentenced in the same trial to death could be at imminent risk ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/008/2012

Amnesty International | Iraq: Execution of former Saddam aide ...
8 June 2012

The Iraqi authorities must halt the country's alarming rate of executions, Amnesty International said after a former aide to Saddam Hussain became the latest death ...

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