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Saddam Hussein's Repression of the Iraqi People

UNSCR 688 (April 5, 1991) "condemns" Saddam Hussein's repression of the Iraqi civilian population -- "the consequences of which threaten international peace and security." UNSCR 688 also requires Saddam Hussein to end his repression of the Iraqi people and to allow immediate access to international humanitarian organizations to help those in need of assistance. Saddam Hussein has repeatedly violated these provisions and has: expanded his violence against women and children; continued his horrific torture and execution of innocent Iraqis; continued to violate the basic human rights of the Iraqi people and has continued to control all sources of information (including killing more than 500 journalists and other opinion leaders in the past decade). Saddam Hussein has also harassed humanitarian aid workers; expanded his crimes against Muslims; he has withheld food from families that fail to offer their children to his regime; and he has continued to subject Iraqis to unfair imprisonment.

 

Refusal to Admit Human Rights Monitors

 

 

 

 

Violence Against Women

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Torture

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executions and Repression of Political Opposition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saddam Hussein's Abuse of Children

 

 

 

 

Disappearances

 

 

 

Basic Freedoms: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Information

 

 

 

 

 

Withholding of Food

 

 

Crimes Against Muslims

 

More than 95 percent of the population of Iraq are Muslim. The (predominantly Arab) Shi'a Muslims constitute a 60 to 65 percent majority:

 

 

 

 

 

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