ΛΟΝΔΙΝΟ - η Διεθνής Αμνηστία τη Δευτέρα είπε την κατάσταση δικαιωμάτων στο Ιράκ πέντε έτη αφότου η εμάς-οδηγημένη εισβολή ήταν «καταστρεπτική» και ότι η χώρα είχε μετατρέψει σε έναν από τον κόσμο `s τις περισσότερες επικίνδυνες ζώνες.

«Πέντε έτη μετά από την εμάς-οδηγημένη εισβολή ότι ο (προηγούμενος Πρόεδρος) Σαντάμ Χουσεΐν, Ιράκ είναι μια από τις πιό επικίνδυνες χώρες στον κόσμο,» είπε σε μια έκθεση 24 σελίδων, που τιτλοφορήθηκε «τη σφαγή και απελπισία. Ιράκ πέντε έτη».

Ενάντια σε ένα σκηνικό της αβεβαιότητας, ο νόμος και η τάξη και η οικονομική ανάκαμψη ήταν μια «απόμακρη προοπτική» ενώ οι περισσότεροι Ιρακινοί ζούσαν στην ένδεια, με τις ελλείψεις τροφίμων, την έλλειψη πρόσβασης στο ασφαλές πόσιμο νερό και την υψηλή ανεργία.

More than four in 10 Iraqis lived on less than one US dollar a day — the UN standard for measuring poverty — while the health and education systems were at near collapse and women and girls at risk of violence from extremists.

“Saddam Hussein`s administration was a byword for human rights abuse,” said Amnesty`s director for Middle East and North Africa, Malcolm Smart. “But its replacement has brought no respite at all for its people.”

The failure to investigate alleged abuses “is one of the most worrying aspects for the future”, he added.

“Even when faced with overwhelming evidence of torture under their watch, the Iraqi authorities have failed to hold the perpetrators to account — and the US and its allies have failed to demand that they do so,” he said.

Amnesty also criticised the extensive use of the death penalty, the international community`s failure to cater for Iraqi refugees and despite the more stable situation, the lack of free speech in the Kurdistan region.

“Despite claims that the security situation has improved in recent months, the human rights situation is disastrous,” the London-based group said, highlighting the kidnap, torture and murder of civilians by armed groups.

“All sides have committed gross human rights violations, including war crimes and crimes against humanity,” it added, referring to militia groups, Iraqi security forces, US-led troops plus private and military security guards.

Amnesty pointed to the detention of about 60,000 people by the Iraqis and multi-national forces, most of them without charge, saying torture and ill-treatment of prisoners and miscarriages of justice were “routine”.

But it said no-one, including the divided Iraqi government, appeared serious about investigating claims of abuse, torture, rape and murder of civilians and bringing those reponsible to justice.

A recent World Health Organisation and Iraqi health ministry report estimated that 151,000 people were killed between the start of the invasion on March 20, 2003 and June 2006.

Other estimates have put the number of civilian deaths as a result of the conflict between nearly 48,000 and 601,000.

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