IRAQ
- Current Issues
- Country Background, Politics & Law
- Human Rights Issues
- Security, Humanitarian Issues and Protection Related Issues
- Northern Iraq
Human Rights Issues
06.2007 - Source: Freedom House
Arbitrary arrest and detention; illegal detention facilities ("Freedom in the World 2007") [ID 20739]
"Iraq’s Criminal Procedure Code and the constitution prohibit arbitrary arrest and detention, though both practices are common in security-related cases. There were credible reports of illegal detention facilities run by the Interior Ministry and party-sponsored militias."
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10.01.2007 - Source: Syrian Human Rights Committee
Baghdad: Wave of arrests among Syrians at Hayfa Street; 4 Syrians, including a lawyer, reportedly unjustifiably arrested by armed people in military uniforms ("Arrests among Syrians at Hayfa Street in Baghdad") [ID 20188]
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