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Number of Iraqi Executions Alarming After Former Saddam Hussein Aide Hanged

Former presidential secretary Abed Hamoud's hanging takes the total number of executions in Iraq in the first half of 2012…

June 8, 2012

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Amnesty International Calls on U.K. Authorities to Deliver Justice Over Baha Mousa Abuse Case

Amnesty International has called on the U.K. authorities to bring to justice all those responsible for the death Baha Mousa,…

September 8, 2011

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Annual Report: Iraq 2011

Head of state: Jalal Talabani Head of government: Nuri al-Maliki Death penalty: retentionist Population: 31.5 million Life expectancy: 68.5 years…

June 21, 2011

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Amnesty International Calls on Iraqi Authorities to Stop Clampdown on Peaceful Protests

Amnesty International has called on the Iraqi authorities to end their clampdown on peaceful protests following the arrest of 15…

June 1, 2011

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Amnesty International Calls on Iraqi Authorities to Stop Clampdown on Peaceful Protests

Amnesty International has called on the Iraqi authorities to end their clampdown on peaceful protests following the arrest of 15…

June 1, 2011

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Iraq: Amnesty International Urges Iraqi Authorites to End Attacks on Protesters and Threats Against Government Critics

Amnesty InternationalPress Release Release Monday, April 11, 2001Amnesty International Urges Iraqi Authorites to End Attacks on Protesters and Threats Against…

May 6, 2011

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Iraq: Amnesty International Urges Iraqi Authorites to End Attacks on Protesters and Threats Against Government Critics

Amnesty InternationalPress Release Release Monday, April 11, 2001Amnesty International Urges Iraqi Authorites to End Attacks on Protesters and Threats Against…

May 6, 2011

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State Department Human Rights Reports Provide Roadmap to Reform in the Middle East

Amnesty International Media StatementFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, April 8, 2011State Department Human Rights Reports Provide Roadmap to Reform in the Middle…

April 14, 2011

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State Department Human Rights Reports Provide Roadmap to Reform in the Middle East

Amnesty International Media StatementFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, April 8, 2011State Department Human Rights Reports Provide Roadmap to Reform in the Middle…

April 14, 2011

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Iraqi authorities must halt attacks on protesters

Thousands of Iraqis have taken to the streets since early February 2011 to protest against the chronic lack of basic…

April 11, 2011

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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…

March 27, 2011

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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…

March 27, 2011