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Iraq Rot Here or Die There Bleak Choices for Iraqi Refugees in Lebanon
HRW Index No.: E1908 December 4, 2007 Also available in 
Download PDF, 284 KB, 68 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book Down to Business The Human Rights Council’s Backlog of Work As it enters its second year, the Council must take hold of the many situations that “require the HRC’s attention,” and take action of some sort to address them. The HRC’s efforts to address these situations will provide an important indication of its ability to fulfil the purpose for which it was created. The Council must seize this opportunity to demonstrate its relevance and responsiveness to human rights victims in these countries and beyond. September 10, 2007 Printer friendly version Caught in the Whirlwind Torture and Denial of Due Process by the Kurdistan Security Forces This 58-page report documents widespread and systematic mistreatment and violations of due process rights of detainees at detention facilities by Kurdistan security forces. The report is based on research conducted in Iraq’s Kurdistan region from April to October 2006, including interviews with more than 150 detainees. HRW Index No.: E1902 July 3, 2007 Also available in
Download PDF, 273 KB, 57 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book The Poisoned Chalice A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper on the Decision of the Iraqi High Tribunal in the Dujail Case The Dujail trial, which concluded on July 27, 2006, concerned crimes that occurred in the aftermath of an assassination attempt against then-President Saddam Hussein in Dujail in July 1982. Saddam Hussein and three others were found guilty of crimes against humanity and executed after the trial chamber’s judgment was affirmed on appeal in December 2006. This 34-page briefing paper documents factual and legal errors in the judgment. June 22, 2007 Also available in
Off the Record U.S. Responsibility for Enforced Disappearances in the “War on Terror” This 21-page briefing paper, published by six leading human rights organizations, includes the names and details of 39 people who are believed to have been held in secret US custody abroad and whose current whereabouts remain unknown. The briefing paper also names relatives of suspects who were themselves arrested and detained, including children as young as seven. The list of missing people includes nationals from countries including Egypt, Kenya, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan and Spain. They are believed to have been arrested in countries including Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia and Sudan, and transferred to secret US prisons operated by the CIA. June 7, 2007 From a Flood to a Trickle Neighboring States Stop Iraqis Fleeing War and Persecution Iraq’s neighbors are refusing entry, imposing onerous new passport and visa requirements, and building barriers to keep refugees out. In certain cases, they are also expelling Iraqis back to Iraq.This briefing paper focuses on new restrictive measures taken by Jordan and Egypt to prevent more refugees from coming. Syria, which is hosting about 1 million Iraqis, denied visas to Human Rights Watch researchers seeking to document their situation. Saudi Arabia is building a US$7 billion high-tech barrier on its border to keep Iraqis out, while Kuwait is categorically rejecting Iraqi asylum seekers. April 17, 2007 Also available in
More Business Than Usual: The Work Which Awaits the Human Rights Council In this first year of its existence, the Council is understandably preoccupied with institution building. But human rights violations haven’t been suspended while the Council focused on these tasks; in fact they have worsened in many locations. The Council’s attention to institution building has created a growing backlog of work that deserves the HRC’s attention. March 12, 2007 Printer friendly version "The Silent Treatment" Fleeing Iraq, Surviving in Jordan After fleeing violence and persecution in Iraq, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis living in Jordan face a daily threat of arrest, fines and deportation because the Jordanian government treats them as illegal immigrants rather than refugees. Since the war in Iraq began in 2003, more than 1 million Iraqis have fled, but none of Iraq’s neighbors, nor the United States, treats them as refugees. This 110-page report documents the hardships faced by Iraqis who have fled persecution and violence in Iraq, but who do not have permission to stay in Jordan. HRW Index No.: E1810 November 28, 2006 Also available in
Download PDF, 509 KB, 108 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book Judging Dujail The First Trial before the Iraqi High Tribunal This 95-page report is based on 10 months of observation and dozens of interviews with judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers, and is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the trial. Human Rights Watch, which has demanded the prosecution of Saddam Hussein and his lieutenants for more than a decade, was one of only two international organizations that had a regular observer presence in the courtroom. The Iraqi High Tribunal was undermined from the outset by Iraqi government actions that threatened the independence and perceived impartiality of the court. Members of parliament and even ministers regularly denounced the tribunal as weak, leading to the resignation of the first presiding trial judge. Judging Dujail reports previously undocumented and serious procedural flaws in the trial. HRW Index No.: E1809 November 20, 2006 Download PDF, 391 KB, 95 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book Nowhere to Flee The Perilous Situation of Palestinians in Iraq This 42-page report documents the drastic deterioration in the security of the estimated 34,000 Palestinian refugees in Iraq since the fall of Baghdad in April 2003. Since then, militant groups have targeted Iraqi Palestinians for violence and have evicted them from their homes, largely because of the benefits these refugees received from Saddam Hussein’s government and their perceived support for the insurgency. HRW Index No.: E1804 September 10, 2006 Also available in
Download PDF, 314 KB, 44 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book “Genocide in Iraq - The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds” Report Summary Human Rights Watch´s comprehensive report “Genocide in Iraq - The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds,” originally published in July 1993, details the systematic and deliberate murder of at least 50,000 and possibly as many as 100,000 Kurds. The killings occurred between February and September 1988. “Genocide in Iraq” shows that the Kurdish victims were targeted on the basis of their ethnicity. This is a summary of the reports findings. August 14, 2006 Printer friendly version By the Numbers Findings of the Detainee Abuse and Accountability Project This 27-page report presents findings of the Detainee Abuse and Accountability Project, a joint project of New York University’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, Human Rights Watch and Human Rights First. The project is the first comprehensive accounting of credible allegations of torture and abuse in U.S. custody in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo. HRW Index No.: G1802 April 26, 2006 Download PDF, 248 KB, 29 pgs Purchase online Download E-Book The Iraqi High Tribunal and Representation of the Accused Since October 19, 2005, Saddam Hussein and seven other former Iraqi officials have been on trial for crimes that took place in the town of al-Dujail in 1982. Government security forces allegedly detained and tortured hundreds of individuals from al-Dujail in retaliation for an assassination attempt on Saddam Hussein as his motorcade passed through the town, sixty kilometers north of Baghdad. One hundred and forty-eight individuals were allegedly executed as part of the attack on al-Dujail. The defendants are charged with crimes against humanity in relation to these events and are being tried in Baghdad before the Iraqi High Tribunal (“the Tribunal”). February 10, 2006 Printer friendly version The Former Iraqi Government On Trial This briefing paper provides a concise explanation of human rights concerns arising from the statute of the court created to try Saddam Hussein and others: the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal (formerly known as the Iraqi Special Tribunal). October 16, 2005 Printer friendly version A Face and a Name Civilian Victims of Insurgent Groups in Iraq This report is the most detailed study to date of abuses by insurgent groups. It systematically presents and debunks the arguments that some insurgent groups and their supporters use to justify unlawful attacks on civilians. HRW Index No.: E1709 October 3, 2005 Download PDF, 2000 KB, 142 pgs Purchase online Getting Away with Torture? Command Responsibility for the U.S. Abuse of Detainees This 95-page report, issued on the eve of the first anniversary of the publication of the Abu Ghraib photos, presents substantial evidence warranting criminal investigations of Rumsfeld and Tenet, as well as Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, formerly the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and Gen. Geoffrey Miller the former commander of the prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. HRW Index No.: G1701 April 24, 2005 Download PDF, 594 KB, 95 pgs Purchase online `Ali Hassan al-Majid and the Basra Massacre of 1999 Al-Majid earned the sobriquet “Chemical Ali” because of his role in the genocidal Anfal campaign between February and August 1988, and his use of chemical weapons against Kurdish villagers in northern Iraq beginning in April 1987. He was subsequently in charge of Iraq's military occupation of Kuwait, and led forces that suppressed the popular uprising in the south of Iraq in March 1991, following the 1991 Gulf War. Al-Majid also played a leading role in the campaign against Iraq's Marsh Arab population in the 1990s. All of these campaigns were marked by summary executions, arbitrary arrests, disappearances, torture, and other atrocities. HRW Index No.: E1702 February 17, 2005 Also available in
Download PDF, 667 KB, 32 pgs Purchase online The New Iraq? Torture and ill-treatment of detainees in Iraqi custody This 94-page report documents how unlawful arrest, long-term incommunicado detention, torture and other ill-treatment of detainees (including children) by Iraqi authorities have become routine and commonplace. Human Rights Watch conducted interviews in Iraq with 90 detainees, 72 of whom alleged having been tortured or ill-treated, particularly under interrogation. HRW Index No.: E1701 January 25, 2005 Also available in
Download PDF, 492 KB, 96 pgs Purchase online Iraq: State of the Evidence This 41-page report details what happened to some of the key archival and forensic evidence that the U.S.-led coalition and, more recently, the Iraqi interim government failed to secure. HRW Index No.: E1607 November 4, 2004 Download PDF, 6330 KB, 42 pgs Purchase online Claims in Conflict Reversing Ethnic Cleansing in Northern Iraq This 82-page report documents the increasing frustration of thousands of displaced Kurds, as well as Turkomans and Assyrians, who are living in desperate conditions as they await a resolution of their property claims. Human Rights Watch details how the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority failed to act even as the situation grew more volatile. HRW Index No.: E1604 August 3, 2004 Download PDF, 639 KB, 82 pgs Purchase online |
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