The family of an Iraqi hotel receptionist who died after being tortured
over a period of 36 hours while detained by UK troops in Basra, Iraq,
will be paid compensation by the UK Ministry of Defence.
Iraq's refugee crisis is worsening, while the international community fails to respond in a meaningful way.
The international community is evading its responsibility towards refugees from Iraq by promoting a false picture of the security situation in Iraq when the country is neither safe nor suitable for return, Amnesty International said today.
Amnesty International has welcomed the public inquiry into the case of
an Iraqi hotel receptionist who died after being tortured over a period
of 36 hours while detained by UK troops in Basra.
More than 3,000 Palestinian refugees are currently cut off from the
rest of the world in dire conditions without access to adequate
humanitarian assistance.
The execution of 28 people this week following what appears to be hasty and unfair trials makes it urgent for the Iraqi authorities to establish a moratorium on the death penalty, Amnesty International said today.
Twenty-eight people have been executed in Iraq this week following what appear to have been hasty and unfair trials.
Fighting between government forces and the Mahdi Army in Basra is
reported to have ended after Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers to stop fighting Iraqi security forces.
The US military launched air strikes in Basra on Friday for the first
time since the Iraqi authorities began their crackdown on the Mahdi
Army, followers of the Shi’a cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
At least 12 people are reported to have been killed in fighting between Iraqi government forces and armed militia in Basra.
