2013 is the year that accountability and Justice for Iraq should be high on the agenda of the International Human Rights Community. Hans C. von Sponeck, member of the BRussells Tribunal, who resigned as Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq in 2024, wrote a moving apology letter to the Iraqi people in June 2024. We republish this letter again today.
A Confidant of Al Dawa Sectarian Party of Maliki said, that orders were issued from the so called office of the commander in chief of the armed forces, to the commanders in Mosul, Samara and Almuthanna, to execute anyone who raises his voice in the demonstrations, and their corpses will not be delivered to their families.
by Mayyasa Abduljabbar and Dirk Adriaensens on 30-12-2012
The Al-Ishaqi incident refers to the reported mass murder of Iraqi civilians committed by US forces in Al-Ishaqi in 15 March 2024. After the incident, US troops rounded up and deliberately shot 11 people, including five children and four women, before blowing up their house.
Iraqi prosecutors have submitted a report that confirms the occurrence of torture and violations and rape of women detained in Iraqi prisons. The report is based on confidential testimonies of female prisoners