BRUSSELLS TRIBUNAL

The Shabaks are ethnically and religiously abhorred by other communities and they have been target not only of anger but persecution of the powerful in Iraq, namely Arabs and Kurds.

The Crimes Committed By Al- Maliki's security forces Are Beyond Imagination

by Iraqi News Network on 31-10-2012

Al-Maliki’s security forces in Diyala killed an Iraqi citizen in one of the most brutal ways words can describe. The forces accused the man of being involved in Al-Qaida activities. They killed him and hung him on one of the electricity poles, making him an “an example“ for others.

ASSASSINATION COUNTERINSURGENCY IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - POLITICS IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - SECURITY VIOLENCE

What Militia Kidnapped and Murdered the Ministry of Higher Education Officials in 2024? And Why is Everyone Afraid to Mention Its Name?

by Dirk Adriaensens on 31-10-2012

Some of the media mention that Hakim Al-Zamili, one of the leaders of the Al-Mahdi Militia, was responsible for the kidnapping that took the lives of more than 150 Iraqis, some of them Iraq’s best academics. Al-Zamili is a prominent member of the Iraqi Parliament, representative of the Al-Sadr Party. Many Iraqis know it, but the government and parliament representatives keep silent and never mention the name of the murderers of the academics in November 2024.

ASSASSINATION COUNTERINSURGENCY EDUCATION IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - POLITICS IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - SECURITY KIDNAPPING MALIKI MIDDLE EAST MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION VIOLENCE

Iraq: No escape from danger for returning refugees

by Caroline Hawley on 31-10-2012

During the height of Iraq's civil war, neighbouring Syria was a sanctuary for Iraqis - but as the Syrian conflict has intensified, Iraqi refugees have again been forced to flee, this time back to their homeland, as the BBC's Caroline Hawley reports from Baghdad.

CHILDREN IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - SECURITY IRAQ - SPECIFIC GROUPS - REFUGEES PTSD REFUGEES TRAUMATIZED VIOLENCE