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extremely poor, especially for displaced persons, religious and ethnic minorities, and vulnerable groups such as women and girls, and
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men suspected of homosexual conduct.
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In the subsequent weeks, violence shook the country as extremists launched multiple attacks in several locations.
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participation of more political parties, in particular Sunni Arab parties, resulted in a dramatic change of power in areas where Sunni Arabs had boycotted the 2005 elections, notably in Nineveh governorate. Overall, the election results reflected sectarian divisions.
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In November Iraq signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, an international treaty that prohibits the use, production, and transfer of cluster bombs.
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Civilians remained the targets of attacks across the country.
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bombings and other violence killed more than 700 Iraqis, mainly Shia.
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That attack, the country's deadliest in more than two years, killed more than 155 people and wounded over 500.
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Sunni Arab insurgents appeared to have been responsible for these and other attack
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major Shia place of worship,
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caused by sectarian violence continued
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maintaining legal status in Syria, Jordan, and Egypt induced some refugees to return.
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ies struggled to accommodate almost 30,000 detainees,
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serious delays in the judicial review of detention exacerbated overcrowding:
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spent years in custody without charge or trial.
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worsened in 2009 as the US military transferred detainees to Iraqi custody
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detainee population stood at under 9,000 as of September 2009, from a peak of approximately 26,000 in late 2007.
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eight-member special committee, composed of representatives from the government's security ministries as well as human rights and judicial agencies, to investigate allegations of widespread abuse and torture in Iraq's prisons.
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al-Majid to death for the murder of Shia Muslims in 1999 (he was previously sentenced to death for his role in the 1988 Anfal campaign against the Kurds, and suppression of a Shia uprising after the 1991 Gulf War).
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prime minister Tariq Aziz and Ali Hassan al-Majid (known as "Chemical Ali") each to seven years in jail for their roles in planning the forced displacement of Kurds from northern Iraq in the late 1980s.
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prosecutions are rare.
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targeted women who are politicians, civil servants, journalists, and women's rights activists.
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women on the street for what
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they consider "immoral" or "un-Islamic" behavior or dress. "Honor" killings by family members remain a threat to women and girls in Kurdish areas, as well as elsewhere in Iraq.
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Kurdish areas of Iraq
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inaccurate messages from public officials on its consequences.
