Iraq

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF IRAQ

Scores face execution in Iraq six years after invasion | Amnesty ...
20 March 2009

On the sixth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, nearly 130 people face imminent execution in the country.

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Iraq urged to stop the execution of 128 prisoners on death row ...
13 March 2009

Reports say that the Iraqi authorities plan to start executing the prisoners in batches of 20 this week. Last year at least 285 people were sentenced to death and ...

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Middle East and North Africa: Challenging Repression: Human Rights ...
11 March 2009

In the Middle East and North Africa region, human rights defenders are all too often vilified, persecuted and even criminalized for their peaceful activities. This ...

Document       MDE 01/001/2009

Irak: Atrapadas por la violencia. Las mujeres en Irak
1 March 2009

Irak: Atrapadas por la violencia. Las mujeres en Irak

Document       MDE 14/005/2009

Iraq: Trapped by violence: Women in Iraq
1 March 2009

Women and girls in Iraq are suffering from systematic violence and a sustained assault on their human rights. In addition to being victims of the bombings and other ...

Document       MDE 14/005/2009

Obama - a chance to build respect for human rights | Amnesty ...
28 January 2009

In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama rejected as "false" the choice between safety and respect for human rights.

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Detainees held by USA at risk if transferred to Iraqi custody ...
5 January 2009

The agreement signed between the US President and the Prime Minister ofIraq on 14 December 2008 opens the way for the transfer of thousands ofdetainees from US

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Iraq: Allegations of beating of Iraqi journalist must be ...
17 December 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 14/033/2008. 17 December 2008. Iraq: Allegations of beating of Iraqi journalist must be investigated. ...

Document       MDE 14/033/2008

Shoe throwing journalist beaten, according to brother | Amnesty ...
17 December 2008

The journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W Bush isreported to have suffered various injuries after being beaten up bysecurity officials.

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Iraq: Death penalty/ risk of imminent execution
12 December 2008

Majeed Ibrahim Hamo and Saeed Khalil are at risk of imminent execution. The men's death sentences are now with Mas’ud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Regional ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/032/2008