Iraq

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF IRAQ

Iraq urged to stop the execution of 128 prisoners on death row ...
13 March 2009

Reports say that the Iraqi authorities plan to start executing the prisoners in batches of 20 this week. Last year at least 285 people were sentenced to death and ...

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Middle East and North Africa: Challenging Repression: Human Rights ...
11 March 2009

In the Middle East and North Africa region, human rights defenders are all too often vilified, persecuted and even criminalized for their peaceful activities. This ...

Document       MDE 01/001/2009

Iraq: Fear of imminent execution
9 March 2009

On 9 March 2009 the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council informed Amnesty International that Iraq’s Presidential Council has ratified the death sentences of 128 people ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/009/2009

Irak: Atrapadas por la violencia. Las mujeres en Irak
1 March 2009

Irak: Atrapadas por la violencia. Las mujeres en Irak

Document       MDE 14/005/2009

Iraq: Trapped by violence: Women in Iraq
1 March 2009

Women and girls in Iraq are suffering from systematic violence and a sustained assault on their human rights. In addition to being victims of the bombings and other ...

Document       MDE 14/005/2009

Iraq: The Government must reveal the whereabouts of four ex. ...
12 February 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. 12 February 2009. AI Index: MDE 14/007/2009. Iraq: The government must reveal the whereabouts of four ex. ...

Document       MDE 14/007/2009

Iraq: Fear of imminent execution
9 February 2009

According to the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council's website, seven people under sentence of death had their sentences upheld by the Cassation Court on 8 February ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/004/2009

Obama - a chance to build respect for human rights | Amnesty ...
28 January 2009

In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama rejected as "false" the choice between safety and respect for human rights.

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Iraq: Death penalty: Ibrahim Karim Mohammed al-Qaragholi
23 January 2009

Ibrahim Karim Mohammed al-Qaragholi has been sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing three US soldiers. According to one of Ibrahim Karim Mohammed al-Qaragholi's ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/003/2009

Iraq: Fear of forcible return/ fear of torture and ill-treatment ...
7 January 2009

Shaheed ‘Abdulhussain ‘Abbas ‘Amouri, Mohammed ‘Ali ‘Abdulzahra Hamad ‘Amouri and Naji ‘Aboud ‘Obidawi are at risk of being forcibly returned from Iraq to Iran ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/001/2009