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Hundreds
of people, among them political prisoners including possible prisoners of
conscience, were executed. Hundreds of suspected political opponents, including
army officers suspected of planning to overthrow the government, were arrested
and their fate and whereabouts remained unknown. Torture and ill-treatment were
widespread and new punishments, including beheading and the amputation of the
tongue, were reportedly introduced. Non-Arabs, mostly Kurds, continued to be
forcibly expelled from their homes in the
http://web.amnesty.org/web/ar2001.nsf/webmepcountries/IRAQ
Jan-Dec
2001
Scores of people, including possible prisoners of
conscience and armed forces officers suspected of planning to overthrow the
government, were executed. Scores of suspected anti-government opponents,
including people suspected of having contacts with opposition groups in exile,
were arrested. The fate and whereabouts of most of those arrested, including
those detained in previous years, remained unknown. Several people were given
lengthy prison terms after grossly unfair trials before special courts. Torture
and ill-treatment of political prisoners and detainees were systematic. The two
Kurdish political parties controlling Iraqi Kurdistan detained prisoners of
conscience, and armed political groups were reportedly responsible for
abductions and killings.
http://web.amnesty.org/web/ar2002.nsf/mde/iraq?Open
Jan-Dec
2002
Scores of people, including possible prisoners of
conscience, were executed. A general amnesty for prisoners was announced, but
the fate of tens of thousands of people who “disappeared” in previous years
remained unknown. Non-Arabs, mostly Kurds, in the
http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/irq-summary-eng