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Rudaw
February 8, 2018
The threat from ISIS militants on Tuz Khurmatu has been “removed,” Iraqi security forces declared, announcing progress in their operation against the ... A Rudaw field investigation, plus international organizations such as the United Nations and Amnesty International found evidence of human rightsÃÂ ...
Arab News
February 8, 2018
BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces, Peshmerga and Shiite-dominated paramilitaries have launched a military offensive against Daesh fighters and Kurdish ... Amnesty International said that “hundreds of homes and shops in Kurdish-majority neighborhoods were looted, set on fire and destroyed,” during theÃÂ ...
UNHCR
February 8, 2018
His beloved oud – a Middle Eastern member of the lute family – had helped Hussein through what he calls the “misery” of war in Iraq. ... “Help Hussein make music again,” read a crowdfunding appeal circulated on social media by journalist Brian Ging, Amnesty International's Irem Arf and Maria Serrano,ÃÂ ...
ABC News
January 31, 2018
Another four told Amnesty International they would be expelled to Iraq on Thursday. Meanwhile, supporters on Wednesday said prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, who lost his citizenship and remains under house arrest in Bahrain, has returned to a local hospital for surgery. Sheikh MaythamÃÂ ...
Amnesty International UK
January 31, 2018
Bahrain has expelled four citizens to Iraq after their nationality was revoked, said Amnesty International today. Brothers Ismail and Ibrahim Darwish were expelled to Iraq at 9am on Sunday (28 January), followed by Adnan Kamal and Habib Darwish on Monday. Four other people - Mohammed Ali, AbdulÃÂ ...
Haaretz
January 22, 2018
Jewish organizations in Britain have been angered by Amnesty International U.K.'s decision to cancel a joint event on Israel at its London .... CEO Simon Johnson told the crowd 'The United Nations has once again shown its obsession with Israel at a time when there has been slaughter in Syria and Iraq.'”.
Kurdistan24
January 21, 2018
Amnesty International frequently condemned Iraq's mass executions and allege that confessions are occasionally taken from prisoners through the use of threats and torture. Other human rights groups, including the United Nations, say efforts by Iraqi authorities to speed up the implementation of death sentences can lead toÃÂ ...
Amnesty International
January 10, 2018
Amnesty International was one of the first organizations to conduct an in-depth investigation of the violations that occurred in Tuz Khurmatu on and soon after 16 October, when Iraqi forces supported by the Popular Mobilizations Units (PMU) took control of the city. The UN followed up by undertaking twoÃÂ ...
NRT
January 4, 2018
According to Amnesty International, China, Iran and Iraq are the top countries to carry out executions, issuing death sentences after “unfair trials.” According to Kurdistan Human Rights Association, at least 530 people were executed by Iran's authorities in 2016. According to Amnesty's statistics, Iran carriedÃÂ ...
Rudaw
December 23, 2017
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Some in the Shiite-dominated Iraqi paramilitary forces who served essentially as reserves for the Iraqi army in the ISIS war are ... of recruiting minors to fight, forced displacements, and summary executions by watchdogs like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.
The New Arab
December 21, 2017
This week in Iraq: Rights organisations denounce mass executions while British soldiers found responsible for abuses in High Court. ... The mass execution was denounced by influential rights organisation Amnesty International, which said it was the second such large-scale killing by the Iraqi authorities inÃÂ ...
ReliefWeb
December 21, 2017
Sistani Calls for PMUs to Merge with ISF; U.S. Troops in Iraq 'Long-Term' – On December 15, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called on Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units to ... AP generated the estimate from reports by Airwars, Amnesty International, Iraq Body Count, civilian reporting, and the Mosul morgue.
Amnesty International USA
December 20, 2017
We are demanding transparency and an honest public account of the true cost to civilians from this war, as well as an immediate investigation by US-led coalition and Iraqi forces into the violations and unlawful attacks documented by Amnesty International and other independent groups during the battle forÃÂ ...
Amnesty International
December 15, 2017
“By carrying out yet another mass execution, the second in the span of three months, the Iraqi authorities have once again displayed a blatant disregard for human life and dignity. “In the wake of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's declaration of victory over the armed group calling itself the Islamic State (IS) onÃÂ ...
The Local Sweden
December 14, 2017
According to the local authority in Iraq, the executed man had links with Isis and al-Qaida. The mass execution was the biggest in Iraq since September, when 42 Sunni Muslims were sentenced for terror related crimes. Amnesty International has criticised the legal process in Iraq. “Iraq is one of the fiveÃÂ ...
BBC News
December 14, 2017
Iraq says it has hanged, in a mass execution, 38 jihadist militants convicted of terrorism offences. The justice ministry said they were all members of so-called Islamic State (IS). The death sentences were carried out in a prison in the southern city of Nasiriyah. However, international advocacy groups haveÃÂ ...
RT
December 10, 2017
In late November, Amnesty International (AI) released a report, which stated that at least 5,805 civilians were killed by “relentless unlawful attacks by Iraqi government forces and members of the US-led coalition.” A September report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) pointed out that “the high civilian death tollÃÂ ...
Democracy Now!
December 31, 1999
A new study finds roughly half of all U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan need mental healthcare—but aren't getting it. The congressionally mandated report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine finds staffing shortages and bureaucracy at the VA leaves many vetsÃÂ ...
Rudaw
December 31, 1999
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Kurdistan's Peshmerga ministry has refuted recent claims by an Iraqi commander of a joint operation to clear ISIS ... to establish a multi-ethnic committee to investigate events in Tuz Khurmatu after international organizations like Amnesty International and also Rudaw's ownÃÂ ...
The National
December 31, 1999
Amnesty International reported in January that the militias "continued to use a wide range of arms and ammunition to commit or facilitate serious human ... The report urged Iraq's authorities to implement effective command and control over paramilitary militias by Iraqi armed forces, and establish effectiveÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
October 3, 2017
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has “demanded that Kurdish leaders ... Iran, and Iraq to coordinate a joint response to the Kurdish referendum. ... Amnesty International reports that the men arrested have been forced toÃÂ ...
WPXI Pittsburgh
September 30, 2017
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's military prepared Saturday to take control of the .... Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International also urged Egypt, a majority MuslimÃÂ ...
The Guardian
September 30, 2017
The fighters were within 20 metres of each other and the Iraqi forces found ... Amnesty International has previously expressed serious concernsÃÂ ...
Amnesty International UK
September 26, 2017
“Yesterday's mass execution is a shocking display of the Iraqi authorities' resort to the death penalty to try to show they are responding toÃÂ ...
Amnesty International
September 25, 2017
“Today's mass execution is a shocking display of the Iraqi authorities' resort to the death penalty to try to show they are responding to securityÃÂ ...
Amnesty International USA
September 21, 2017
Amnesty International has documented a range of serious violations of international humanitarian law carried out by IS as well as IraqiÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
August 31, 2017
IRBIL, Iraq — Proving it's not too old for new tricks, an aging A-10 attack ... A July Amnesty International report said coalition and Iraqi forcesÃÂ ...
The Sun
August 25, 2017
Human rights group Amnesty International says 141 countries ... Iraq more than tripled its executions as it continued to battle ISIS, while EgyptÃÂ ...
Wortfm
August 25, 2017
Tariq Ramadan: As Muslims Condemn Spain Attack, Americans Must Denounce U.S. Killings in Syria, Iraq. This is a .... And what is said, the report of Amnesty International is just showing how ... What about the Iraqi people?
Jordan Times
August 25, 2017
BEIRUT — Amnesty International said on Thursday a US-led ... civilian casualties in its bombing runs against Daesh in both Syria and Iraq, andÃÂ ...
TRT World
August 25, 2017
Despite the great cost, Iraqi authorities are doing little, it seems, ... Nicolette Waldman, head Iraq researcher at Amnesty International, said thatÃÂ ...
CNN
August 25, 2017
Survivors also told Amnesty International that coalition forces have been ... in Syria and Iraq are believed have been unintentionally killed by itsÃÂ ...
TRT World
August 24, 2017
Nicolette Waldman, head Iraq researcher at Amnesty International, said that ... Noting the use of ground-fired “Grad” rockets by Iraqi forces in western Mosul,ÃÂ ...
NPR
August 24, 2017
With battles against ISIS grinding on in both Iraq and Syria, U.S. Secretary of Defense ... It's not clear it's having much effect because the Iraqi Kurds say, well, we're not really ... It's a new report from Amnesty International.
The National
August 23, 2017
Civilian casualties have also been an issue for the US-led coalition in Iraq. The monitoring group Airwars said it had received claims that asÃÂ ...
Green Left Weekly
August 12, 2017
Flanked by military commanders, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi was in the ... according to Amnesty International — 40,000 according to an anonymous Iraqi ... More than a million Iraqis were killed in this nation-buildingÃÂ ...
Amnesty International
August 5, 2017
“We welcome the setting up of the judicial commission and its mandate to investigate alleged violations of international humanitarian andÃÂ ...
KRIS Corpus Christi News
July 27, 2017
Burn Pits 360 and Amnesty international are hosting a bipartisan congressional briefing about the toxic exposures in Iraq and Afghanistan as aÃÂ ...
Iraqi News
July 27, 2017
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) An Iraqi army division trained by the United ... to the 16th Division pending Iraq's full investigation of the allegations and ... rebuking Amnesty International for accusing his troops of breaches duringÃÂ ...
Vanguard
December 31, 1999
WE are baffled that Amnesty International, AI, a highly reputable international human rights watchdog, has continued to pass up goldenÃÂ ...
ThinkProgress
December 31, 1999
The Iraqi town of Tal Afar and was reportedly reclaimed from ISIS on ... Last week, Amnesty International (AI) released a report highlightingÃÂ ...
Haitilibre.com
March 19, 2017
Friday in Geneva, as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the Human Rights Council adopted, at midday, the final documents resulting from the UPR forÃÂ ...
Redlands Daily Facts
March 19, 2017
Rep. Paul Cook, R-Yucca Valley, really wants to stand up to the Russians, seemingly as though he's trying to relive the glories of the Cold War, when simplistic narratives about the world were easier to come by.
Daily Trust
March 19, 2017
The people and governments of countries like Iraq, Libya, Yemen and Afghanistan would be wishing they have the good fortunes of Nigeria.
Londonist
March 18, 2017
FOOTPRINTS OF MEMORY: This exhibition at Amnesty International's Shoreditch offices is raising awareness of people - particularly students - who have disappeared in Mexico in recent years.
CTV News
March 17, 2017
Nureddin, a Toronto geologist, was detained by Syrian officials in December 2003 as he crossed the border from Iraq, where he was visiting family.
Amnesty International
March 17, 2017
"When I close my eyes, all I see is being with my father again," Alan Mohamed told me when I met him for the first time in a refugee camp near Athens last July.
World Grain
March 16, 2017
"More than 4 million refugees from Syria are in just five countries: Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt," Amnesty International said in a report published in December 2015. "Lebanon hosts approximately 1.2 million ... "With the onset of winter and ...
NOW Magazine
March 15, 2017
... with annual report recently. CSIS prefers to stick with the tired trope that all terrorism springs from internecine bloodletting in the Syrian and Iraqi deserts. ... The spy agency has also remained mum on whether the numbers include non-Muslim ...
Wichita Eagle
March 15, 2017
"As long as this hateful policy remains, it will continue to be fought in courts while thousands of people and families are trapped in uncertainty," said Margaret Huang, executive director Amnesty International USA. "This decision against the ban tells ...
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