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UN warns of continuing violence and abuse, "silent" of human rights in Iraq
Editor: CC Monday 08 August 2011 18:09 GMT
Slogan of the United Nations Mission to help Iraq (UNAMI)
Alsumaria News / Baghdad
The United Nations warned on Monday that the armed violence and abuse, "silent" of human rights in Iraq continue to damage the large segments of the population, pointing to the decline of women's rights in 2010.
And announced that the United Nations Mission to help Iraq (UNAMI) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in a report published today on the situation of human rights in Iraq over the past year 2010, for "Study of a range of issues relating to human rights, including the impact of armed conflict and violence on civilians, as well as arrests and the rule of law and protection of the rights of certain groups. "
The report also noted that "the armed violence is still a negative impact on civilian infrastructure," adding that it "leads to loss of life and injury at random among the civilians, as well as limited access to other fundamental rights including the right of access to services basic human. "
The report also talked about the situation of political rights in the country, including the right of assembly and expression and religious freedoms, noting that "despite the appearance of improvement in some areas, many challenges remain."
The report considered that "the spread of poverty and economic stagnation lack of opportunities and environmental implications and the lack of basic services is a silent violations of human rights as they affect many segments of the population."
The report noted "some improvement in material conditions in detention centers and prisons, but many of the reports still indicate the existence of cases of ill treatment and torture," adding that "over-reliance on confessions as the basis for conviction helps to create an environment where torture of detainees."
The report considered that "putting an end to impunity constitutes a serious challenge in Iraq, where the remains of those who have committed crimes over the years is accountable," pointing at the same time to the "discovery of mass graves containing the remains of many victims of human rights crimes committed in times of different during the past few decades. "
On the other hand, the report pointed to the "decline of women's rights as of 2010, as well as the continued suffering of children due to violence and armed conflict, as they are sometimes recruit or use child to engage in violence, and that minorities also suffered from many of the attacks."
The report emphasized that "the human rights situation in Iraq is still fragile," also made a number of recommendations to address the huge challenges that guided the country's government and people.
Estimates of the Iraqi government and the United Nations Mission to Iraq to help that about 3,000 civilians were killed by acts of violence committed by armed rebel groups and terrorist in 2010.
The mission of the United Nations to help Iraq (UNAMI) to gather information that was contained in the report through direct monitoring done by the Mission, and various other sources including government, UN agencies, civil society and NGOs.
The Amnesty International announced in the February 8, 2011, that Iraq has secret prisons under which the prisoners to torture designed to extract confessions incriminating and manages most of the Ministries of Defense and Interior, confirmed that about thirty thousand men and women are still in detention.
Repeated again and again the issue of violation of the rights of Iraqi prisoners is remarkable in the year 2010, most notably on June 24, when shown a videotape obtained by "Alsumaria News", a protest of Iraqi prisoners in a prison Tasfirat Baghdad on meals provided to them, because it is the extent of saying "full of worms and mold , "as revealed to the Los Angeles Times on April 19, 2010 for violations of the right of Iraqi prisoners in the prison of Al Muthanna by secret ballot, said he has more than 430 prisoners have been subjected to torture and forms of abuse at the hands of prison guards, before being transferred to other detention centers, including the prison Tasfirat In early April, indicating that no one knew the whereabouts of these prisoners for months, was not available to them to contact their families or their lawyers, and has not made against them of any official documents or even the numbers detained or numbers issues, while the magistrates are looking at cases of a room close to one of the chambers of torture in the detention center, according to statements of the detainees.
And confirmed after the Organization for the Defense of Human Rights, Human Rights Watch in a report released in April 27, 2010, that detainees at a secret detention center in Baghdad, and one British citizen, had been subjected to "horrors" of torture and systematic rape, and forced to sign false confessions, a claim Iraqi authorities need to check thoroughly the matter and prosecute all government officials and security involved in this case.
The Iraqi government has initiated after the disclosure of the secret prison to say that it would investigate allegations of torture, and announced the arrest of three army officers in connection with such abuses, while the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's decision to abolish the prison, and to hold accountable all those responsible for these abuses prosecuted, but the results of the investigation have not been announced yet.
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Editor: CC Monday 08 August 2011 18:09 GMT
Slogan of the United Nations Mission to help Iraq (UNAMI)
Alsumaria News / Baghdad
The United Nations warned on Monday that the armed violence and abuse, "silent" of human rights in Iraq continue to damage the large segments of the population, pointing to the decline of women's rights in 2010.
And announced that the United Nations Mission to help Iraq (UNAMI) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in a report published today on the situation of human rights in Iraq over the past year 2010, for "Study of a range of issues relating to human rights, including the impact of armed conflict and violence on civilians, as well as arrests and the rule of law and protection of the rights of certain groups. "
The report also noted that "the armed violence is still a negative impact on civilian infrastructure," adding that it "leads to loss of life and injury at random among the civilians, as well as limited access to other fundamental rights including the right of access to services basic human. "
The report also talked about the situation of political rights in the country, including the right of assembly and expression and religious freedoms, noting that "despite the appearance of improvement in some areas, many challenges remain."
The report considered that "the spread of poverty and economic stagnation lack of opportunities and environmental implications and the lack of basic services is a silent violations of human rights as they affect many segments of the population."
The report noted "some improvement in material conditions in detention centers and prisons, but many of the reports still indicate the existence of cases of ill treatment and torture," adding that "over-reliance on confessions as the basis for conviction helps to create an environment where torture of detainees."
The report considered that "putting an end to impunity constitutes a serious challenge in Iraq, where the remains of those who have committed crimes over the years is accountable," pointing at the same time to the "discovery of mass graves containing the remains of many victims of human rights crimes committed in times of different during the past few decades. "
On the other hand, the report pointed to the "decline of women's rights as of 2010, as well as the continued suffering of children due to violence and armed conflict, as they are sometimes recruit or use child to engage in violence, and that minorities also suffered from many of the attacks."
The report emphasized that "the human rights situation in Iraq is still fragile," also made a number of recommendations to address the huge challenges that guided the country's government and people.
Estimates of the Iraqi government and the United Nations Mission to Iraq to help that about 3,000 civilians were killed by acts of violence committed by armed rebel groups and terrorist in 2010.
The mission of the United Nations to help Iraq (UNAMI) to gather information that was contained in the report through direct monitoring done by the Mission, and various other sources including government, UN agencies, civil society and NGOs.
The Amnesty International announced in the February 8, 2011, that Iraq has secret prisons under which the prisoners to torture designed to extract confessions incriminating and manages most of the Ministries of Defense and Interior, confirmed that about thirty thousand men and women are still in detention.
Repeated again and again the issue of violation of the rights of Iraqi prisoners is remarkable in the year 2010, most notably on June 24, when shown a videotape obtained by "Alsumaria News", a protest of Iraqi prisoners in a prison Tasfirat Baghdad on meals provided to them, because it is the extent of saying "full of worms and mold , "as revealed to the Los Angeles Times on April 19, 2010 for violations of the right of Iraqi prisoners in the prison of Al Muthanna by secret ballot, said he has more than 430 prisoners have been subjected to torture and forms of abuse at the hands of prison guards, before being transferred to other detention centers, including the prison Tasfirat In early April, indicating that no one knew the whereabouts of these prisoners for months, was not available to them to contact their families or their lawyers, and has not made against them of any official documents or even the numbers detained or numbers issues, while the magistrates are looking at cases of a room close to one of the chambers of torture in the detention center, according to statements of the detainees.
And confirmed after the Organization for the Defense of Human Rights, Human Rights Watch in a report released in April 27, 2010, that detainees at a secret detention center in Baghdad, and one British citizen, had been subjected to "horrors" of torture and systematic rape, and forced to sign false confessions, a claim Iraqi authorities need to check thoroughly the matter and prosecute all government officials and security involved in this case.
The Iraqi government has initiated after the disclosure of the secret prison to say that it would investigate allegations of torture, and announced the arrest of three army officers in connection with such abuses, while the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's decision to abolish the prison, and to hold accountable all those responsible for these abuses prosecuted, but the results of the investigation have not been announced yet.
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