Articles for Iraq

Iraq: Assassination of Iraqi MP Hareth Al-Obaidi

Iraqi MP Hareth Al-Obaidi and one of his colleagues were murdered on 12 June 2009 by an unknown assailant as they left Al-Shawwaf mosque in Baghdad. Mr Al-Obaidi was heavily involved in the defense of human rights.

On 23 July 2009 Alkarama addressed itself to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) requesting a preliminary inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Mr. Al-Obaidi. The Iraqi authorities have also ordered an investigation, and the IPU should seek to be informed of any developments in this case.

24 Jul 2009
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Iraq: Liberation of Mahmoud Farhan after four months of disappearance

Alkarama learned that Mahmoud Kareem Farhan who had been abducted on 22 February 2009 at the office of Mr Al-Dainy, an Iraqi MP who is currently being pursued, was released on 22 June 2009, four months after his detention in Baghdad's Green Zone.

On 20 May 2009 Alkarama sent a communication to the Working Group on Enforced Disappearances and the Special Rapporteur against Torture to ask them to urgently intervene with the authorities in Iraq in the case of eleven people arrested that same day and under the same circumstance

21 Jul 2009
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Iraq: Alkarama provides information to the IPU Committee for the Human Rights of Parliamentarians

On 29 June 2009, Alkarama's Legal Director, Rachid Mesli and Senior Legal Officer Deborah Manning were invited to present information at the 126th session of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians.
29 Jun 2009
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Iraq: Reappearance of MP Mohammad Al-Dainy

According to information obtained by Alkarama, the Iraqi MP and human rights defender Mohammed Al-Dainy, arrested on 25 February 2009 by Iraqi government forces, has reappeared.

On 25 May 2009, Al-Dainy made a statement on the Iraqi television channel Al-Rai, in which he refuted all charges brought against him by the Iraqi government. He is accused of having illegally disregarded his immunity clause as a Member of Parliament.

30 May 2009
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Iraq: Disapperance of 11 of Mohammed Al-Dainy’s family and staff

On 21 February 2009 at 11h00, 11 staff members of Mohammed Al-Dainy's entourage were arrested at his office and have since disappeared. Alkarama fear for their physical and mental health.

On 20 May 2009, Alkarama sent a communication to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearance (WGEID), asking it to make an urgent intervention with the Iraqi authorities in the case of these eleven persons (named below).

25 May 2009
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Iraq: Enforced disappearance of Alaa Al-Maliki

Alaa Al-Maliki Khayr Allah was arrested on 17 February 2009 and has since disappeared.
20 May 2009
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Iraq: Enforced disappearance of Omar Jasem, Hossein Mansoor and Odey Mansoor

Omar Jasem, Hossein Mansoor and Odey Mansoor were arrested on 25 February 2009 at the Mansoor home and since, their families have had no news from them.
19 May 2009
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Iraq: Enforced disappearance of Riyad Ibrahim Jassem

On 11 February 2009, Riyad Ibrahim Jassem was viciously arrested without judicial warrant and taken to an unknown location. He was clearly tortured and then forced to make a televised confession. On 8 May 2009, Alkarama made an urgent submission to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID).

Riyad Jassem is the secretary of the Iraqi MP Mohammad Al-Dainy, who disappeared following his arrest by Iraqi security forces on 25 February 2009.

12 May 2009
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Iraq in its 7th year of occupation: a delegation visits Geneva

03 May 2009
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The mysterious case of Mohamed al-Dainy

The authorities claim he planned a suicide bombing in parliament. His allies insist the Iraqi MP is a respected human rights campaigner. But no one knows what has happened to him.
15 Mar 2009
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