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Amnesty International has released a report detailing ongoing human rights abuses in Iraq (http://www.amnesty.org/news/1999/51401399.htm). AI's recommendations follow, and note that sanctions are mentioned (though briefly, and in the vaguest possible terms): "Amnesty International is making a number of recommendations to the Iraqi Government. This includes: -adopting the necessary legal and practical measures to ensure effective implementation of all the provisions contained in international human rights treaties ratified by Iraq; -releasing all political detainees held without charge or trial if they are not to be promptly charged with any recognizable criminal offence; and -stopping the policy of forcible expulsions of non-Arab families. Amnesty International also believes that the Security Council, as the body that has imposed sanctions on Iraq, should give urgent attention to the humanitarian situation in Iraq, and take all necessary measures to protect the rights of the Iraqi population." -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Please do not send emails with attached files to the list *** Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html ***