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Iraq Iraq: Between false refuge and the peril of return The UK's Iraqi asylum seekers are now being forced to return not only to the more stable northern region, but to central and southern Iraq. Whatever responsibility UK citizens might feel for them is clearly not shared by those taking these decisions. How then do they decide? June 17, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version Letter to Security Council Members on Detainees in Iraq Human Rights Watch is writing on the occasion of your debate on Iraq and review of the mandate of the Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF). We urge the Security Council and its members, particularly the United States, to take this opportunity to address concerns about the MNF detention system and the rights of persons deprived of their liberty under international law. As the Security Council reviews the MNF mandate in anticipation of its replacement by bilateral agreements between Iraq and the United States, the Security Council should request that any such agreements conform to internationally recognized norms on the rights of detainees. June 13, 2008 Letter Printer friendly version US: Respect Rights of Child Detainees in Iraq Children in US Custody Held Without Due Process US forces in Iraq should ensure that children it takes into custody are treated according to their status as children, and given prompt judicial review and access to independent monitors, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 22, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child will meet in Geneva to review US compliance with the international treaty banning the use of child soldiers, which requires states to help with the recovery and reintegration of such children under their control. May 20, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version UN: Tell US to End Illegal Detention Practices in Iraq US-Led Force Holds Thousands Without Due Process The United Nations Security Council should address serious concerns about the detention practices of the US-led Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF) in its debate on Iraq, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to council members. The United States invokes Security Council resolutions to justify holding thousands of Iraqis for indefinite periods, without judicial review, and under military processes that do not meet international standards. April 28, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Letter to the Security Council on MNF Detention Practices in Iraq Human Rights Watch is writing in advance of your debate on Iraq and briefing on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) and the Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF). We urge you to take this occasion to address serious concerns regarding MNF detention practices, particularly respect for the rights of persons deprived of their liberty under international human rights law. As the MNF has invoked Security Council resolutions as the basis for its detention practices, we believe the Security Council must scrutinize those practices and do its utmost to assure that they conform to internationally recognized norms. April 25, 2008 Letter Printer friendly version US: Release Iraqi News Photographer Court Ruling Ends Case Against Bilal Hussein US forces should immediately release Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein – detained nearly two years ago – in accordance with an Iraqi judicial ruling ordering a halt to legal proceedings against him, Human Rights Watch said today. April 11, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Letter to the Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference Urging the Organisation to Improve and Strengthen the 1999 OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism Human Rights Watch writes to urge Dr. Ihsanoglu to use his position as Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to support measures at the upcoming Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Conference in Dakar, Senegal on March 13-14 that would improve and strengthen the 1999 OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism. In particular, we urge the OIC to consider two amendments to the Convention in order to narrow its overbroad definition of terrorism and to make absolutely clear that there is no sanction in Islam for deliberately attacking civilians, whatever the circumstances or justifications. March 11, 2008 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version Human Rights Watch Letter to General Siham Harake Human Rights Watch wrote a letter to General Siham Harake highlighting a few areas of concern related to the protection of Iraqis in Lebanon. March 7, 2008 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version Arab League: Reject Proposal to Restrict Satellite Broadcasts Information Ministers’ New ‘Principles’ Would Extend Repression of Free Speech Arab governments should publicly reject those elements of a proposed regional policy on satellite television broadcasting that would seriously restrict freedom of expression and information, Human Rights Watch said today. February 26, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Letter to President Talabani on the Law for the Supreme National Commission for Accountability and Justice We are writing to the Presidency Council with regard to the Law for the Supreme National Commission for Accountability and Justice, which was approved on February 3, 2008. Having investigated and documented atrocities committed under Ba’ath Party rule, we support Iraq’s efforts to hold accountable those responsible for these crimes and bar them from public employment. February 21, 2008 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version Iraq: Fix Flaws in Reconciliation Law Expand Fairness Guarantees, Prevent Politicized Dismissals Iraqi political leaders should revise the new Accountability and Justice Law to assure basic guarantees of fairness, focus on individual acts rather than group affiliation, and limit the scope for politicized abuse, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Iraq’s Presidency Council. Human Rights Watch urged the council’s three leaders to follow through on their pledge to seek needed amendments to the law. February 21, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version US: Supreme Court to Review Habeas Challenges of US Dual Citizens Held in Military Custody in Iraq Geren v. Omar and Munaf v. Geren amicus brief On March 25, 2008, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the case of two US citizens currently detained by the US military in Iraq, and whom the US wants to turn over to Iraqi authorities for further detention and proseuction. At issue is the jurisdiction of US courts to hear challenges brought by US citizens held in US custody overseas and to intervene to protect likely transfer to torture. Human Rights Watch, along with other human rights and civil rights organizations, warn of the likelihood that these men could be subjected to torture if transferred to the Iraqis and urge the Supreme Court to allow their court challenge of the transfer to go forward. February 20, 2008 Amicus Briefs Printer friendly version Iraq: Pass New Law Ending Immunity for Contractors Parliament Approval Key to Ending Culture of Impunity for Serious Abuses Iraq’s parliament should approve legislation to end immunity for foreign private security contractors, Human Rights Watch said today. The legislation would effectively rescind Order 17 of the now-defunct, US-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), which grants foreign contractors and their non-Iraqi employees immunity from Iraqi criminal prosecution. January 9, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Blackwater in Baghdad: "It was a horror movie" New testimony from witnesses and victims provides the most in-depth, harrowing account to date of the US security firm's deadly rampage in Iraq By Jennifer Daskal, senior counterterrorism counsel Published in salon.com Interviews with victims and witnesses to the Sept. 16 shooting in Nissour Square bring to light more information about the problems caused by private contractors, which have effectively operated with impunity as they've brought violence and widespread ill will to US operations in Iraq. December 14, 2007 Commentary Also available in
Printer friendly version Rot Here or Die There By Tom Porteous, London director Published in New Statesman Online Together with the US, the UK government should acknowledge its responsibility toward Iraqi refugees because of its military intervention in Iraq. But until now it has not even taken elementary steps to assist Iraq’s neighbours to deal with the crisis, nor to convince them to keep their doors open to refugees whose lives are in danger in Iraq. December 7, 2007 Commentary Printer friendly version Lebanon: Refugees Coerced to Return to Iraq Lebanese authorities arrest Iraqi refugees without valid visas and detain them indefinitely to coerce them to return to Iraq, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. December 4, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Rot Here or Die There Bleak Choices for Iraqi Refugees in Lebanon
HRW Index No.: E1908 December 4, 2007 Report Also available in
Download PDF, 284 KB, 68 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Rot or Die: Iraqi refugees in Lebanon By Bill Frelick Published in Al-Akhbar Choosing between one terrible fate and another terrible fate is no choice at all. But it is precisely the choice Lebanon has presented to 580 Iraqi refugees, who have been told to choose between rotting in jail with no end in sight, or return to Iraq and face the possibility of death. December 4, 2007 Commentary Also available in
Printer friendly version Human Rights Watch’s Statement to the IOM Council 27-30 November 2007 (94th Session) Human Rights Watch delivered a statement at the 2007 Council meeting (94th Session) of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and its Member States expressing its continued committment to working with the Council and IOM to ensure that migrants' rights are protected and promoted in all IOM operations. November 29, 2007 Written Statement Printer friendly version The Human Cost of War: The Iraqi Refugee Crisis Testimony of Bill Frelick before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus Bill Frelick delivered testimony at the November 15, 2007, member briefing of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. The briefing updated Caucus members on the situation of the estimated 4.4 million Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons in the region. November 15, 2007 Testimony Printer friendly version |
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