Iraq Is Now Worse Than It Was Under Saddam

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Monday, 27 June 2005, 11:09 am
Press Release: World Tribunal

"Iraq Is Now Worse Than It Was Under Saddam," Iraqi Witness at the World Tribunal on Iraq
*Istanbul, 26^th June 2005 - *Witnesses of the ongoing atrocities in Iraq testified before the Jury of Conscience at the World Tribunal on Iraq on the second day of the Tribunal. Their exposure of the impact of this war on Iraqis revealed a country that is facing worse conditions than under Saddam Hussein. In the words of Amal Sawadi, an Iraqi lawyer working for the defenceless in Iraq, ' Atrocities existed under Saddam Hussein but, unfortunately, things are now much worse.'

Further testimonies to the human rights violations occuring in Iraq on a daily basis were also given by writer and journalist Hana Ibrahim, Eman Khammas who is a human rights activist based in Baghdad and journalist Fadhil Al Bedrani who witnessed the last assault on Fallujah.

They spoke about the illegal detention of citizens, tens of thousands of Iraqi people who are missing, the ongoing torture in prisons, the kidnapping and raping of women and the constant fear that now forms part of the daily life of Iraqi people.

'Snipers hunt people in the streets. People attempting to go to health centers are shot at. There are many crippled children. There are thousands of widows and orphans. There are no police for security and there are no courts. Even hospitals are occupied and bombed and burned. In Falluja and other places American troops intentionally burnt down the hospitals,' said Eman Khammas. <snip>

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