HEYET Human Rights Monthly Report

HEYET Human Rights Monthly Report Tuesday, 13 November 2012 11:36

Human Rights Department of the Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq (HEYET) published its montly report of human rights developments in the country. According to the report, government security forces carried out 161 separate attacks comprising of 15 provinces resulting in arrest of 1435 innocent civilians.

Including women, 1435 Iraqi civilians were arrested in indiscriminate attacks, raid and searches of government forces as follows:

Basra: 410 arrested

Diyala: 239 arrested

Nineveh: 179 arrested

Baghdad: 92 arrested

Anbar: 86 arrested

Babylon 78 arrested

Qadisiye: 72 arrested

Karbela: 64 arrested

Salahaddin: 58 arrested

Wasit: 41 arrested

Misan: 39 arrested

Tamim: 33 arrested

Dhi-Kkar: 31 arrested

Muthanna: 19 arrested

Najaf: 3 arrested

Human Rights Department of the Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq (HEYET) reitariated that the report is just based on the official announcement and statistics of current Interior and Defense Ministries. Total arrest campaign is just based on aforementioned ministries whereas so-called National Security Ministry forces, special forces of Maliki Office, militias, Peshmarga forces who are indeed carrying out similar kinds of indiscriminate attacks and arrest campaigns.

At the end of report, HEYET demanded human rights organizations and related international organizations, Islamic Cooperation Organization, Arab Leage to intervene in this apparent violations and arrests of government forces. She stated that Iraq has obviously become a huge prison where henious crimes, tortures are being perpetrated supposedly under freedom and democracy. HEYET hold ongoing occupation and its fifth government fully responsible for the whole brutal crimes against people in this wounded country since 2003.

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