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Press Release
Iraq: Man Jailed for Five Years on Spurious Terror Charges, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International has called on the authorities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) to release an Iraqi man who was...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Iraqi man jailed for five years on spurious terror charges
Walid Yunis Ahmad, who had already been detained without trial for 11 years, was convicted of "sending orders and instructions from prison to his followers in Kirkuk and Mosul to carry out terrorist attacks in Dohuk in 2009" by the criminal court in Dohuk on Thursday.
March 27, 2011
Report
New Order, Same Abuses: Unlawful Detentions and Torture in Iraq
More than seven years after the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the human rights situation remains dire. Despite some security improvements, violence rages on and scores of Iraqis are being killed every month as a result.
March 26, 2011
Report
Iraq: Carnage and despair in Iraq
Five years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the country is still in disarray. The human rights situation is disastrous, a...
March 26, 2011
Report
Annual Report: Iraq 2010
Head of state Jalal Talabani Head of government Nuri al-Maliki Death penalty retentionist Population 30.7 million Life expectancy 67.8 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 43/38 per 1,000 Adult literacy 74.1 per cent Government forces and armed political groups continued to commit gross human rights abuses, although the overall level of violence was lower than in previous years. Thousands of civilians were killed or seriously injured in suicide and other bomb attacks by armed political groups. The government and the US-led Multinational Force (MNF) continued to hold thousands of uncharged detainees on security grounds, some after several years, but released thousands of…
March 19, 2011