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May 3 2016 11:54am
Iraq: 1,000 detainees held in 'shocking' conditions in makeshift holding centres in Anbar
‘It was a truly shocking sight - hundreds of human beings packed to...
Feb 18 2016 12:03pm
Iraq: 40 people sentenced to death taking to 92 those condemned in 2016
‘For Iraqi courts to hand down 92 death sentences in just six weeks...
Jan 20 2016 12:00am
Iraq: Peshmerga have destroyed thousands of Arab homes in revenge campaign - new report
Yezidi militia also bulldozed Arab homes, with ‘support for Islamic St...
Jan 19 2016 6:37pm
Iraq: thousands of homes destroyed in revenge campaign
In an apparent attempt to take revenge on supporters of Islamic State ...
Dec 7 2015 5:14pm
How Islamic State got its weapons
Irresponsible arms transfers by countries including the UK, USA, Russi...
Aug 12 2015 5:43pm
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Turkish attacks kill civilians in Kandil Mountains
‘The Turkish government has displayed a flagrant disregard for the liv...
Jun 11 2015 5:10pm
New Amnesty podcast 'ISIS in a Nutshell' launched
First in new series of 30-minute podcasts aims to answer key questi...
Jun 11 2015 3:40pm
Are the press working for ISIS?
Listen to the podcast   As this week has shown it is rare when I...
Jun 10 2015 11:44am
Iraq: Violent Yezidi and Shi'a backlash against Islamic State
A year on from Islamic State’s capture of Mosul in Iraq, Yezidi and Sh...
Jun 10 2015 12:00am
Iraq: Yezidis carried out village massacre of Sunnis as anti-Islamic State backlash continues
Year on from Islamic State’s capture of Mosul, Shi’a militia have c...