More than 3,000 Palestinian refugees are currently cut off from the
rest of the world in dire conditions without access to adequate
humanitarian assistance.
The execution of 28 people this week following what appears to be hasty and unfair trials makes it urgent for the Iraqi authorities to establish a moratorium on the death penalty, Amnesty International said today.
Twenty-eight people have been executed in Iraq this week following what appear to have been hasty and unfair trials.
Fighting between government forces and the Mahdi Army in Basra is
reported to have ended after Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers to stop fighting Iraqi security forces.
The US military launched air strikes in Basra on Friday for the first
time since the Iraqi authorities began their crackdown on the Mahdi
Army, followers of the Shi’a cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
At least 12 people are reported to have been killed in fighting between Iraqi government forces and armed militia in Basra.
Heavy fighting between Iraqi government forces and armed militia in Basra and other Iraqi cities is creating a grave risk to civilians, Amnesty International said today, as it urged all parties to refrain from indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks and to respect civilian life.
Five years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the country is still in disarray.
Five years after US-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraq remains one of the most dangerous countries in the world for human rights, Amnesty International said today.
Iraq: Samar Sa'ad 'Abdullah faces the death sentence after, she says, she was tortured by the police.
