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Iraq: Ahmed Al-Mashhadani, tortured in five different detention centers, still arbitrarily detained

Alkarama, 11 December 2009

Iraq is a stomping ground for armed struggle, human rights violations and general discontent. Despite the US occupying forces attempts to keep these elements at bay, it has become clear that Iraq's human rights record has not improved. As the Iraqi militias continue to grow in strength, more and more prisoners and the accused are flooding an already inadequate Iraqi judicial system. A recent victim of this quandary is Ahmed Abd Saleh Al-Mashhadani, a retired military officer, who was arrested on 29 September 2006 in Baghdad by an Iraqi militia. Mr Al-Mashhadani later suffered torture at the hands of various Iraqi forces, and is currently detained in Baghdad's Rusafa prison.

Iraq: Reappearance of al-Dainy family and staff

Alkarama, 27 October 2009

Alkarama has received information from Iraq regarding the reappearance of seven individuals who were arrested and disappeared in connection with Mohammed al-Dainy, a well-known Iraqi human rights activist and Parliamentarian who visited Alkarama in Geneva in late October 2008 and then later disappeared in Iraq on 25 February 2009 along with members of his family and staff after denouncing human rights violations in Iraqi jails. Alkarama has been following his case and those of people arrested and disappeared in connection with Mr al-Dainy over seven months and has sent several urgent appeals to the various UN Special Procedures in the wake of enforced disappearances, reappearances, arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killings linked with the case.

Iraq: Enforced disappearance of Nawaf Al-Haithami since March 2007

Alkarama, 24 September 2009

At the end of March 2007, Nawaf Abdullah Alawi Nasser Al-Haithami's family lost all contact with him in Iraq. His family feared the worst due to the precarious security situation in Iraq. They later learned however, through an anonymous phone call from ‘an Iraqi family', that Nawaf was being held in U.S.-run Camp Buka Prison, now closed as of 17 September 2009.

Iraq: Extrajudicial execution of Hakki Ismail

Alkarama, 24 August 2009

Hakki Ismail was executed on the night of 25 July 2009, probably by the Iraqi authorities. He was a human rights advocate who worked in defense of the victims of violations committed by the Iraqi government. He recently dealt with cases of people who had connections with the Iraqi MP Mohammad Al-Dainy, who was himself persecuted. Alkarama was in regular contact with Hakki Ismail.

Iraq: IPU to further investigate the case of Iraqi MP Mohammad Al-Dainy

Alkarama, 27 July 2009

During the 126^th session of the IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union) Committee on Human Rights of Parliamentarians, held between 28 June and 1 July 2009, new decisions were adopted with regards to the on-going case of Iraqi MP Mohammad Al-Dainy.

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Iraq: Ahmed Al-Mashhadani, tortured in five different detention centers, still arbitrarily detained

Iraq: Reappearance of al-Dainy family and staff

Iraq: Enforced disappearance of Nawaf Al-Haithami since March 2007

Iraq: Extrajudicial execution of Hakki Ismail

Iraq: IPU to further investigate the case of Iraqi MP Mohammad Al-Dainy

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