Iraq: People come first

Iraq: People come first

Index Number: MDE 14/134/2003
Date Published: 16 June 2003
Categories: Iraq, Middle East And North Africa

For decades the people of Iraq have suffered appalling human rights abuses and the devastating consequences of war and economic sanctions. For decades Amnesty International’s members and supporters have campaigned tirelessly for the rights and dignity of Iraq’s people. This Briefing, published in the wake of the 2003 war, shows that human rights must not be subject to political, economic and military interests if the long suffering of Iraq’s people is to end. People must come first.