BRUSSELLS TRIBUNAL

PRISONERS

Statement by Iraqi, Palestinians and other Arab intellectuals Condemning Iraqi governmentâ€™s hypocrisy on Palestinian prisoners

by Sabah Al-Mukhtar on 28-11-2012

An invitation from the League of Arab States : We are pleased to invite you to attend "The International Conference of Solidarity with the Palestinian & Arab Prisoners in Israeli Jails", sponsored by the League of Arab States and hosted by the Republic of Iraq, which will be held on 11 & 12 of December 2012 in Baghdad.

GAZA IRAQ – GENERAL CONTEXT – HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IRAQ – GENERAL CONTEXT – INTERNATIONAL LAW IRAQ – GENERAL CONTEXT – POLITICS IRAQ – SPECIFIC GROUPS – PRISONERS ISRAEL MALIKI OCCUPATION PALESTINE

Women, Men and Children Are Routinely Tortured and Raped in Iraqi Prisons. The Perpetrators Walk Free

by Dirk Adriaensens on 27-11-2012

Women prisoners have been subjected to torture by electrocution, beatings, and rape by the investigators during interrogation. They had also been raped by the police and by the officers escorting them during the transfer to the women's prison in Baghdad.

CHILD RIGHTS DETENTION HUMAN RIGHTS IRAQ – GENERAL CONTEXT – HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IRAQ – SPECIFIC GROUPS – CHILDREN IRAQ – SPECIFIC GROUPS – PRISONERS IRAQ – SPECIFIC GROUPS – WOMEN MALIKI MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OVERCROWDED PRISON RAPE REPRESSION TORTURE WAR CRIMES WOMEN

Torturer Lawsuits: Some Good News

by Steve Lendman on 25-11-2012

Two lawsuits against private military contractors (PMCs) offer encouragement. Both were brought under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed them on behalf of tortured and abused plaintiffs.

ABU GRAIB ACCOUNTABILITY ASSASSINATION DEATH SQUADS HUMAN RIGHTS IRAQ – GENERAL CONTEXT – HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IRAQ – GENERAL CONTEXT – POLITICS IRAQ – SPECIFIC GROUPS – PRISONERS LAWSUITS PRISON RAPE TORTURE WAR CRIMES

US battles Iraq and Afghanistan over detention without charges

by Glenn Greenwald on 24-11-2012

It is ironic indeed that the US is demanding that the practice of due-process-free indefinite detention be continued in Afghanistan and Iraq, two countries it invaded and then occupied while claiming it wanted to bring freedom and democracy there.

ACCOUNTABILITY AFGHANISTAN ASSASSINATION CHILDREN DETENTION IRAQ – GENERAL CONTEXT – POLITICS IRAQ – SPECIFIC GROUPS – PRISONERS

Deputy Interior Minister Adnan Hadi Al Asady ordered and supervised illegal mass execution of the escaped Prisoners from Tasfirat Tikrit Prison

by Dhiqar news network on 16-11-2012

Adnan Hadi al-Asady ordered his security force to execute all the prisoners, who returned or were recaptured from the prison escape on 28 September in Kirkuk. After finishing the execution, they hid the bodies somewhere in the area.

ASSASSINATION HUMAN RIGHTS INSURGENCY IRAQ – GENERAL CONTEXT – HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IRAQ – SPECIFIC GROUPS – PRISONERS PRISON REPRESSION VIOLENCE