Iraq 2015/2016 | Amnesty International
Iraq 2015/2016
The human
rights situation continued to deteriorate. Government security
forces, government-allied militias and the armed group Islamic
State (IS) committed war crimes and human rights abuses. Government
forces carried out indiscriminate attacks on areas under IS
control, and committed extrajudicial executions. IS forces carried
out mass execution-style killings and abductions, including
abductions of women and girls for sexual slavery. Government
authorities held thousands of detainees without trial; torture and
other ill-treatment of detainees remained rife. Many trials did not
meet international standards of fairness. Women and girls faced
discrimination and sexual and other violence. Journalists operated
in hazardous conditions. Courts continued to impose death
sentences, mostly on terrorism charges; dozens of executions were
carried out.
