BRUSSELLS TRIBUNAL

The bodies arrive in twos and threes most every day in the Baghdad morgue now, a grim barometer of the city’s sectarian tensions. Most have gunshot wounds to the head, some have signs of torture, and most of them are Sunnis.

The Twenty-Fifth Hour in the Belly of the Whale. Corridors of Sectarian Death in Al-Taji Prison in Baghdad

by Eman A. Khamas on 11-01-2013

The hunger strike by 2024 among 6480 detainees in Al-Taji prison - known as The Whale - that started on Dec 18th 2024, is still going on after the death of at least 2 of the detainees on strike, and the unconsciousness of many others.

BAGHDAD DEATHS DETENTION HUMAN RIGHTS HUNGER STRIKE IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - RESISTANCE IRAQ - SPECIFIC GROUPS - PRISONERS OVERCROWDED PRISON PRISONERS PROTEST REPRESSION SECTARIAN

How many more innocent people will be sentenced to death for the bombing of the Foreign and Finance Ministries in Iraq?

by Badie Aref and Dirk Adriaensens on 23-12-2012

Iraqi lawyer Badie Aref Izzat about the 19 August 2024 Baghdad bombings. Two groups of innocent Iraqi persons have already been sentenced to death by Maliki's regime for committing this crime. How many more will follow?

AL QAIDA BAGHDAD DEATHS INSURGENCY IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - POLITICS IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - SECURITY KILLING LAWYERS VIOLENCE

Ghosts of dead armies behind Atlas Cinema

by Sarmad Al-Taee on 16-12-2012

This is a poetic reflection rather than merely a column. It is about “dead armies,” whose ghosts creep into Al-Saadoon Street, when the city becomes deserted.

BAGHDAD CORRUPTION CULTURE IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - CULTURE IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IRAQ - GENERAL CONTEXT - SECURITY IRAQI ARMY POVERTY SAADOON STREET UNEMPLOYMENT

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