This document summarizes human rights violations, brutal in the extreme, allegedly perpetrated in the aftermath of the mass uprising which began on 1 March 1991 in several cities of southern Iraq and spread to the Kurdish regions of the north. It details widespread arrests, torture and...

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This document describes the massive human rights violations which took place in Ethiopia during the rule of ex-President Mengistu Haile Mariam. Opponents of the Mengistu regime, often members of ethnic groups e.g. Tigrayans, Eritreans or Oromos were subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention,...

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Two cases of alleged cruel and degrading treatment are described in this paper. The first case concerns the reported physical and psychological torture of 14 people, 11 men, a 14-year-old schoolgirl, Ruken Sezer and two young women, Ilkay Akagunduz and Sabiha Adagunduz. They were detained on 17...