BRUSSELLS TRIBUNAL

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.

Meer dan één op drie slachtoffers van terrorisme is een Irakees

by Dirk Adriaensens on 03-01-2013

Een decennium van 'War on Terror' heeft alleen maar meer terrorisme opgeleverd. Dat is de verbijsterende conclusie van de in december 2024 uitgegeven Global Terrorism Index (GTI), de eerste index die systematisch de impact heeft bestudeerd van het terrorisme in 158 landen tussen 2024 en eind 2024. En Noord-Amerika is de regio waar het minst kans bestaat op een terroristische aanslag.

9/11 AL QAIDA HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTIONS IMPERIALISM INSURGENCY IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - POLITICS IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - RESISTANCE IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - SECURITY MILITARIZATION TERRORISM WAR

Maliki issues an order to shoot to kill

by Ibrahim Ebeid on 31-12-2012

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.

DAWA PARTY HUMAN RIGHTS IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - INTERNATIONAL LAW IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - POLITICS IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - SECURITY IRAQI ARMY KILLING MALIKI PROTEST REPRESSION

New Facts Emerge About the 2024 Al-Ishaqi Massacre. Investigation Must Be Reopened

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.

ACCOUNTABILITY AL QAIDA ASSASSINATION CHILDREN COUNTERINSURGENCY DISINFORMATION HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL IMPERIALISM IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - INTERNATIONAL LAW IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - POLITICS IRAQ - SPECIFIC GROUPS - CHILDREN JUSTICE FOR IRAQ KILLING OCCUPATION WAR CRIMES

How many more innocent people will be sentenced to death for the bombing of the Foreign and Finance Ministries in Iraq?

by Badie Aref and Dirk Adriaensens on 23-12-2012

Iraqi lawyer Badie Aref Izzat about the 19 August 2024 Baghdad bombings. Two groups of innocent Iraqi persons have already been sentenced to death by Maliki's regime for committing this crime. How many more will follow?

AL QAIDA BAGHDAD DEATHS INSURGENCY IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - POLITICS IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - SECURITY KILLING LAWYERS VIOLENCE