UN Special Representative to Iraq Ad Melkert on Saturday urged the Iraqi government to ratify the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment . Melkert's statement, which was delivered on the thirteenth annual...
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The Iraqi Supreme Court on Tuesday ratified the final results of the nation's March 7 parliamentary elections , officially confirming a narrow victory for the secular Iraqiya alliance. The court's chief judge, Madhat al-Mahmoud, announced...
The appeals court for Iraq's Justice and Accountability Commission on Monday overturned a ban on nine newly elected members of parliament accused of having ties to the banned Baath Party .The ad hoc commission was created to eliminate...
Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced on Sunday that the partial recount of the March parliamentary elections will not alter seat allocations awarded in accordance with the provisional results. The commission...
Spokesman for Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) Qassim al-Aboudi announced Friday that the completed recount of votes cast in the March 7 parliamentary elections showed no signs of fraud or major...
The coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki requested Monday that an election court delay a recount of votes from the March 7 parliamentary elections that began...
Iraqi detainees were repeatedly tortured in a secret prison in Baghdad, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday. HRW says that detainees held at the Muthanna facility, run by Iraqi authorities, were hung upside-down, deprived of air, kicked,...
Iraqi detainees were repeatedly tortured in a secret prison in Baghdad, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday. HRW says that detainees held at the Muthanna facility, run by Iraqi authorities, were hung upside-down, deprived of air, kicked,...
Iraq recount to be delayed a week as votes of 52 candidates nullified
The recount of votes cast in Baghdad province during the March 7 parliamentary elections will be delayed a week, according to an official on Monday. The Independent High Election Commission (IHEC) will...
Iraq recount to be delayed a week as votes of 52 candidates nullified
The recount of votes cast in Baghdad province during the March 7 parliamentary elections will be delayed a week, according to an official on Monday. The Independent High Election Commission (IHEC) will...