Most of the victims of human rights violations have been suspected political opponents, including army and security officers or retired army officers suspected of plotting against the government, relatives of opposition activists outside the country and members of religious and ethnic minority groups, particularly from the Kurdish community and Shi'a Muslims.
In the letter sent today to the Iraqi government the organization also sought urgent clarification about the fate of thousands who " disappeared" in the 1980s and after the 1991 Gulf war, including more than 600 Kuwaiti and other nationals, as well as 106 Shi'a clerics and students who were arrested in the southern city of al-Najaf. The organization asked the Iraqi government , as a matter of urgency, to repeal all laws and practises that have led to the mass human rights violations in the country.
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In the letter sent today to the Iraqi government the organization also sought urgent clarification about the fate of thousands who " disappeared" in the 1980s and after the 1991 Gulf war, including more than 600 Kuwaiti and other nationals, as well as 106 Shi'a clerics and students who were arrested in the southern city of al-Najaf. The organization asked the Iraqi government , as a matter of urgency, to repeal all laws and practises that have led to the mass human rights violations in the country.
For More information, please see Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty.org