Iraq

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF IRAQ

Iraq: Death penalty/ risk of imminent execution
12 December 2008

Majeed Ibrahim Hamo and Saeed Khalil are at risk of imminent execution. The men's death sentences are now with Mas’ud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Regional ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/032/2008

Iraq: Further information on death penalty/ fear of imminent ...
2 December 2008

On 2 December 2008, the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal (SICT) sentenced two senior former officials in Saddam Hussain’s government to death. ‘Ali Hassan al-Majid ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/030/2008

"Chemical Ali" sentenced to death a second time | Amnesty ...
2 December 2008

Two senior former officials in Saddam Hussein's government were sentenced to death on Tuesday.

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Security agreement puts 16,000 Iraqi detainees at risk of torture ...
28 November 2008

Under the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), which will take effect on31 December, around 16000 prisoners held by the US will be transferredto Iraqi custody.

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Iraq: Fear for safety
12 November 2008

Akhtar Mohammed Mustafa and her son Melko ‘Abbas Mohammed are being detained by the Asayish Gishti (General Security Directorate) in the Kurdistan region of Iraq ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/028/2008

Iraq: Death penalty
11 November 2008

Riyadh Jasim Mohammed, Mohammed Sultan, ‘Omar Rahmatullah and Yusef Jadu’ were sentenced to death by a criminal court in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on 6 November ...

Urgent Action       MDE 14/027/2008

Iraq: Nathum Mohammad Isma'il al-'Ani [Global letter-writing ...
29 October 2008

Nathum Mohammad Isma’il al-‘Ani was one of 18 people arrested by Iraqi security forces in Baghdad on 21 December 2005. There has been no news of Nathum Mohammad ...

Document       MDE 14/024/2008

AYUDA A NATHUM MOHAMMAD ISMA'IL AL 'ANI
29 October 2008

AYUDA A NATHUM MOHAMMAD ISMA'IL AL 'ANI

Document       MDE 14/024/2008

Iraq: New evidence further undermines the right to fair trial
9 October 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index No: MDE 14/026/2008. News Service No: 191. 9 October 2008. Iraq: New evidence further undermines the right to. ...

Document       MDE 14/026/2008

Iraq: Urgent investigation needed into the killing of eight ...
19 September 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: MDE 14/025/2008. 19 September 2008. Iraq: Urgent investigation needed into the killing of eight civilians. ...

Document       MDE 14/025/2008