IRAQ: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS REPORT ALLEGING ILL TREATMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES OF LOCAL PEOPLE BY COALITION FORCES

Record ID: 648609

  • Title: IRAQ: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS REPORT ALLEGING ILL TREATMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES OF LOCAL PEOPLE BY COALITION FORCES
  • Date: 23rd July 2003
  • Summary: (W6) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JULY 23, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF NEWS CONFERENCE 0.04 2. SLV CAMERAMEN 0.09 3. VARIOUS OF NEWS CONFERENCE WITH AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL BANNER (2 SHOTS) 0.19 4. SCU SOUNDBITE) (English) KURT GOERING, U.S. MEMBER OF AMNESTY DELEGATION, SAYING: "We have received disturbing allegations of individuals who have been forced to kneel or stand for long periods while in detention, hooded with a sack over their head, sometimes with a bright light on and subjected to extensive sleep deprivation." 1.02 5. SMV JOURNALISTS LISTENING 1.07 6. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) KURT GOERING, SAYING: "Amnesty International is urging Coalition forces to undertake an investigation into these allegations." 1.18 7. WIDE OF JOURNALISTS 1.23 8. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) KURT GOERING SAYING: "There have been a number of situations in which demonstrators on the street or demonstrations inside prisons or detention camps have been met with deadly force - in situations where our information suggests that deadly force might not need to have been used." 2.04 9. WIDE OF THE NEWS CONFERENCE 2.09 10. PAN OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT ON TABLE 2.15 11. CLOSE OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT ON IRAQ 2.18 (W6) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (RECENT - JUNE 18, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 12. SLV OF US TROOPS AT DEMONSTRATION 2.24 13. VARIOUS OF PROTESTOR BEING MANHANDLED, STRUGGLING AND FORCED ONTO GROUND BY U.S. TROOPS 2.43 14. SLV PROTESTOR BEING ESCOURTED AWAY BY U.S SOLDIERS 2.50 15. WIDE OF DEMONSTRATION 2.56 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA180CPN28ZJ28INW91PD5PS0YT
  • Story Text: Human rights organisation Amnesty International has
    presented a memorandum to the U.S. civil administrator in Iraq
    alleging ill treatment of local people by coalition forces.



    Following a two-month investigation, human rights
    organisation Amnesty International handed a report and
    recommendations to Iraq's Coalition Provisional Authority on
    Wednesday (July 23).

    Amnesty International spokesperson Kurt Goering said: "We
    have received disturbing allegations of individuals who have
    been forced to kneel or stand for long periods while in
    detention, hooded with a sack over their head, sometimes with
    a bright light on and subjected to extensive sleep
    deprivation".

    Speaking at a news conference in Baghdad on Wednesday
    (July 23), Goering claimed that U.S. led forces may have used
    extreme force to quell disorder on Iraqi streets.

    "There have been a number of situations in which
    demonstrators on the street or demonstrations inside prisons or
    detention camps have been met with deadly force - in situations where
    our information suggests that deadly force might not need to have
    been used," Goering said.

    There were also reports of troops shooting detainees, the
    London-based human rights watchdog said.




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