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On Vulnerable Ground
Violence against Minority Communities in Nineveh Province’s Disputed Territories
Summary
Conflict in
the North
The Battle
for Nineveh
Nineveh’s
Embattled Minorities
Methodology
Map:
Disputed Territories Claimed by the Kurdistan Regional Government
I. Relevant
Legal Standards
International
Standards Protecting Minority Rights
National
Standards Protecting Minority Rights
Iraq’s
Constitution and the Disputed Territories
II.
Background
Arabization
Anfal
Campaign
Continuing
Arabization post-1991, including Nationality “Correction”
Enduring
Legacy of Displacement
Invasion and
Civil War
Political
Developments and the Situation in Nineveh
Kurdish
Patronage and Control
III.
Targeting Nineveh’s Minorities for Murder
A Recipe for
Violence
Killings of
Chaldo-Assyrians
Killings of
Shabaks
Killings of
Yazidis
IV.
Intimidation by Kurdish authorities
Intimidation
through Violence
Intimidation
through Threats and Detentions
Intimidation
ahead of the 2009 Provincial Elections
Recommendations
To the
Kurdistan Regional Government
To the
Government of Iraq
To the
United States
Acknowledgments
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