Iraq: Hope and fear: Human rights in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

Iraq: Hope and fear: Human rights in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

Index Number: MDE 14/006/2009
Date Published: 14 April 2009
Categories: Iraq

This report details a wide range of human rights violations committed in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in recent years. In particular, it sheds light on violations such as arbitrary and prolonged detention without charge or trial, enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment, the death penalty, unfair trials, discrimination and violence against women, and attacks on freedom of expression. It includes case studies to illustrate these abuses and numerous recommendations towards reducing such violations.