Iraq
Journalist released after three years' imprisonment - URGENT ACTION UPDATE - 26/02/2024
On 17 February 2024, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I) authorities released journalist Guhdar Zebari after more than three years of unjust imprisonment. Authorities in the KR-I arrested Guhdar Zebari in October 2020 along with four other journalists and activists. The Erbil Criminal Court sentenced him to six years in prison following a grossly unfair trial marred by serious violations, including allegations of torture and the use of his torture-tainted confessions to convict him. He was scheduled for release in August 2023 after his sentence was commuted, but the authorities sentenced him to another six months on additional spurious charges intended to keep him behind bars. Read more.
No justice for state and militia violence - NEWS - 27/09/2023
The Iraqi authorities must ensure truth, justice and reperations for the killing of hundreds and maiming of thousands by Iraqi security forces on the four-year anniversary of the nation-wide anti-government protests. As an immediate step, the authorities should reveal the fate and whereabouts of people forcibly disappeared during the protest movement that began in October 2019. Read more.
Release kidnapped scholar - NEWS - 08/09/2023
Amnest International was one of four organisations calling on the Iraqi government to take steps to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of Elizabeth Tsurkov, a United States-based scholar who was kidnapped in Iraq on 21 March 2023. Read more.
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