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Iraq: Three sentenced to death in Iraq
18 May 2011

Three men were sentenced to death in Iraq in April. Their lawyers have appealed, but if their sentences are upheld, the men could be executed within days.

Urgent Action       MDE 14/028/2011

Amnesty International Report 2011: State of human rights in the ...
13 May 2011

People first called for fundamental change in Tunisia at the end of 2010, the year covered by Amnesty International's latest annual worldwide survey of human rights ...

Report       POL 10/012/2011

Iraq: Further information: Protester released but another still ...
12 May 2011

Firas Ali, an Iraqi political activist, was released on 27 April 2011 after having been held for two weeks at a detention centre in Baghdad. The whereabouts of ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/027/2011

Iraq: Risk of imminent execution in Iraq
5 May 2011

A man sentenced to death in Iraq in 2006 is at risk of imminent execution after the Court of Cassation upheld his death sentence at the end of April 2011.

Urgent Action       MDE 14/026/2011

Iraq: Further information: Iraqi political activist released: 'Ala ...
19 April 2011

Iraqi political activist 'Ala Nabil was released on 16 April.

Urgent Action       MDE 14/025/2011

Iraq: Further information: Camp Ashraf residents released
15 April 2011

The six Camp Ashraf residents arrested on 8 April 2011 were released on 14 April, and are now back in the camp. They have told Amnesty International that they were ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/024/2011

Iraq: Restraint urged at Camp Ashraf as government forces mass ...
15 April 2011

Amnesty International has received reports of a military build-up in Camp Ashraf days after a deadly military assault.

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Iraq: Update: Camp Ashraf injured residents denied medical care ...
14 April 2011

On 8 April, Iraqi security forces sought to take greater control of Camp Ashraf, home to some 3400 Iranian refugees and exiles, using lethal and other excessive ...

Medical Action       MDE 14/023/2011

Iraq: Detained and missing protesters at risk of torture in Iraq
14 April 2011

Firas Ali, an Iraqi political activist, was detained at the office of the Federation of Workers' Councils and Unions in Iraq, Baghdad, at about 2pm on 13 April. ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/022/2011

Iraq: Torture risk for Iranians detained in Iraq
13 April 2011

Six Iranian residents of Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad, have been detained since they were arrested at the camp on 8 April and not permitted contact with their ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/021/2011