Iraq

Iraqis flee to Syria to escape violence - 19 June 2007

"We don’t have a home to go to, they took it from us; we have nothing left in Iraq to go to." With these words, Um ‘Omar explained why she and he

Prevent execution of tortured woman - 10 December 2007

Iraq: Samar Sa'ad 'Abdullah faces the death sentence after, she says, she was tortured by the police.

'Off the record' secret CIA detention - 7 June 2007

At least 39 individuals who remain missing are believed to have been subjected to enforced disappearance by the US authorities.

Abu Ghraib torture victims still seeking redress - 27 April 2006

Two years ago the release of photographs showing detainees being tortured and ill-treated by US military personnel at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq shocked and horrified t

Press Freedom Day: Global action needed to protect journalists - 3 May 2007

2006 was a year in which killings of reporters and media staff reached historic levels. All of society pays the price when journalists are killed with impunity and cen

Palestinian refugees targeted in Iraq - 1 October 2007

Scores of Palestinian refugees in Iraq have been killed since the US-led invasion in 2003.

Refugee crisis unfolds amid global apathy - 21 September 2007

The international community has not responded adequately to Iraq's spiralling refugee crisis and is leaving the main host countries, Syria and Jordan, to shoulder

Press freedom: Deliberately targeted for doing their jobs - 3 May 2004

The freedom of the press is an essential element of the protection of human rights.
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