Press Release
Iraq: Flawed Security Council resolution on IS threatens to entrench dangerous culture of impunity
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution passed today aimed at holding the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS)…
September 21, 2017
Press Release
Iraq: Investigations, not denials needed over appalling civilian death toll in west Mosul
Responding to statements made by spokespeople for the US-led coalition and the Iraqi forces, Lynn Maalouf Head of Research for…
July 12, 2017
Report
At any cost: The civilian catastrophe in West Mosul, Iraq
A new report by Amnesty International uncovers the horrifying scale of death, injury and suffering of civilians trapped in the…
July 10, 2017
Press Release
Iraq: Pentagon probe of Mosul airstrike underscores urgent need to protect civilians
As the Pentagon reports on its findings following the investigation into the US-led coalition airstrike that killed at least 100…
May 25, 2017
Press Release
Iraq: US military admits failures to monitor over $1 billion worth of arms transfers
The US Army failed to keep tabs on more than $1 billion worth of arms and other military equipment in…
May 24, 2017
Press Release
Iraq: Civilians killed by airstrikes in their homes after they were told not to flee Mosul
Hundreds of civilians have been killed by airstrikes inside their homes or in places where they sought refuge after following…
March 27, 2017
Report
Iraq: Turning a blind eye: The arming of the PMU
Iraq: End irresponsible arms transfers fuelling militia war crimes · Militias allied to the Iraqi government have access to arms…
January 3, 2017
Press Release
Children caught in the crossfire of the battle for Mosul suffer horrific injuries and trauma
The desperate plight of a generation of children is in the balance as the bloody battle for the city of…
December 20, 2016
Press Release
Investigate reports Iraqi forces tortured and killed villagers near Mosul in ‘cold blood’
The Iraqi authorities must urgently investigate reports that fighters wearing Iraqi Federal Police uniforms tortured and extrajudicially executed residents in…
November 9, 2016
Report
‘Where are we supposed to go?’: Destruction and forced displacement in Kirkuk
Iraq: Kurdish authorities bulldoze homes and banish hundreds of Arabs from Kirkuk Kurdish authorities have carried out a wave of…
November 3, 2016
Press Release
Iraq: Tribal militia tortured detainees in revenge attacks during Mosul offensive
Militia fighters from the Sab’awi tribe have unlawfully detained, publicly humiliated and tortured or otherwise ill-treated men and boys in…
November 2, 2016
Press Release
Iraq: Use of white phosphorus munitions puts civilians at grave risk
The use of white phosphorus around the city of Mosul could pose a deadly risk to civilians fleeing the fighting…
October 28, 2016