Iraq
Iraq: Iranian opposition group supporters must not be forcibly evicted - 11 December 2009
The Iraqi authorities must not forcibly relocate about 3,400 members of an Iranian opposition group from a settlement north of Baghdad where they have lived since the mid-1980’s, Amnesty International said today.Iranian opposition group supporters in Iraq must not be forcibly evicted - 11 December 2009
Residents of Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad, have been given a deadline of 15 December to leave or they will be removed and relocated elsewhere in Iraq.Indiscriminate Baghdad attacks are a war crime - 8 December 2009
Amnesty International has condemned the indiscriminate bomb attacks in Baghdad that killed at least 120 people, many of them civilians, and injured 400 other people on Tuesday.Iraq: Over 900 people on death row face imminent execution - 4 December 2009
The Iraqi authorities must immediately stop the executions of more than 900 people on death row who have exhausted their legal appeals and could be put to death at any time, Amnesty International said.
The prisoners, who include 17 women, are said to have had their death sentences ratified by the Presidential Council, the final step before executions are carried out.
At least 120 people are known to have been executed in Iraq so far this year.
“In a country which already has one of the highest rates of execution in the world, the prospect that this statistic may rise significantly is disturbing indeed,” said Philip Luther, Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme.
Over 900 people on death row in Iraq face imminent execution - 4 December 2009
The prisoners, who include 17 women, are said to have had their death sentences ratified by the Presidential Council, the final step before executions are carried out.Latest killings of civilians in Baghdad a 'war crime' - 26 October 2009
Amnesty International has strongly condemned the killing of at least 155 people, mostly civilians, in twin suicide bomb attacks in Baghdad.Iran moves to execute man for crime committed when he was 17 - 3 October 2009
The Iranian authorities are planning to execute a man alleged to have killed when he was only 17 on Monday.Iranian refugees still detained in Turkey despite court ruling - 24 September 2009
Two Iranian refugees remain in detention in Turkey despite a European Court of Human Rights ruling on Tuesday should be released, according to Amnesty International.Iraqi authorities must investigate shoe throwing journalist's torture allegations - 16 September 2009
Muntadhar al-Zaidi has been released after nine months in prison for throwing his shoes at former US President George W Bush. He has said that he was tortured by Iraqi security services.
The year saw a marked reduction in violence, but all sides to the continuing conflict committed gross human rights abuses.