Iraq: Human rights abuses in Iraqi Kurdistan since 1991

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Iraq: Human rights abuses in Iraqi Kurdistan since 1991 Amnesty international Compte d’auteur Wide-ranging and serious human rights abuses have been committed by the Kurdish administration and political parties in those regions of Iraqi Kurdistan which have been under their control since 1991. These abuses include the detention of suspected political opponents, among them possible prisoners of conscience; torture and ill-treatment of political and common law detainees and the failure to investigate such abuses adequately; the use of the death penalty and the enactment of legislation increasing the number of offences punishable by death; executions after summary "trials"; and unlawful and deliberate killings of unarmed prisoners and assassinations of political activists and others. This report is based on research carried out by Amnesty International over the past three years, including five fact-finding visits to the region between May 1992 and July 1994. During these visits, Amnesty International ...


Table des Matières
Table of Contents Map of Iraqi Kurdistan Glossary Introduction / 2 - Amnesty International’s mandate - Amnesty International’s concerns in Iraqi Kurdistan 1 Historical and Political Context / 7 - The aftermath of the Gulf War - Political parties and groups in Iraqi Kurdistan - Kurdish self-rule - Background to the human rights crisis - The promotion of human rights work 2 Law Enforcement and the Prison System / 25 - The Ministry for Pesh Merga Affairs - The Ministry of Interior 3 The Judiciary and the Courts / 32 - The special courts - The ordinary criminal courts 4 Human Rights Abuses by the Kurdish Administration / 47 - Torture and ill-treatment - The death penalty 5 Human Rights Abuses by The Political Parties / 69 - The perpetrators of human rights abuses - Torture and ill-treatment - Unlawful and deliberate killings - The events of December 1993 - The events of May 1994 Conclusions and Recommendations / 131 Appendix: Death sentences passed in Iraqi Kurdistan, March 1992-August 1994