28.05.2008 - Source: Amnesty International

Turkmen woman raped by Iraqi soldiers at Tal-'Afar, near Mosul ("Annual Report 2008") [ID 23525]

"In February, local tribal leaders complained after four Iraqi soldiers reportedly raped a woman belonging to the Turkmen minority after entering her home at Tal-‘Afar, near Mosul. A senior Iraqi military official stated that four men had confessed to the rape, but it was not clear whether any action was taken against them."

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11.03.2008 - Source: US Department of State

High numbers of allegations of rape in 2007 ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 24019]

"The penal code prohibits rape, does not address spousal rape, and imposes a maximum sentence of seven years' imprisonment on perpetrators. It was difficult to estimate the incidence of rape; however, there were many allegations of rape at MOI police stations during the initial detention of prisoners."

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28.10.2004 - Source: Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Rise of kidnapping of girls / women serves prostitution ("original document") [ID 10357]

"(Al-Sabah) - The phenomenon of kidnapping girls has recently come into view. It coincides with calls by a number of mosques for marriage of Iraqi girls and foreign gunmen who carry out operations in Iraq. The Interior Intelligence Agency last week discovered a gang run that kidnaps women and sells them to international prostitution networks. This gang received information from minor gangs in the Iraqi provinces and coordinated with the international network. After being kidnapped, girls are sent abroad as prostitutes in neighbouring countries.
(Al-Sabah is a daily independent publicly owned newspaper.)"

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31.03.2004 - Source: Amnesty International

Assassination attempt against the only female member in the Iraqi cabinet, Nisreen Mustafa al-Burwari, reported/ violence against women and girls has sharply increased in Iraq ("Violence against women increases sharply") [#20873],  [ID 10358]

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24.08.2003 - Source: ReliefWeb

More than 400 Iraqi women kidnapped and raped in post-war lawlessness ("More than 400 Iraqi women kidnapped, raped in post-war chaos: watchdog (AFP)") [#15427],  [ID 10359]

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16.07.2003 - Source: Human Rights Watch

Report on sexual violence and abduction of women and girls, the impact of fear and barriers to persecution in cases of sexual violence ("Climate of fear: Sexual violence and abduction of women and girls in Baghdad") [#14325],  [ID 10360]

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04.07.2003 - Source: Amnesty International

Report focused on security situation (looting, kidnappings, revenge killings, ill treatment, civilians injuries and deaths, women and girls in fear) ("Iraq: The need for security") [#14174],  [ID 10361]

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