"They Want Us Exterminated"

Murder, Torture, Sexual Orientation and Gender in Iraq

I. Introduction

Summary

Methodology, Terminology

II. "They Are Massacring Us": Survivors' Voices

A Spreading Campaign

Death Lists

Torture and Threats: "A Slaughterhouse on the Streets"

III. Extortion and the State: Nuri's Story

IV. Pretext and Context: Moral Panic, Political Opportunism

V. Family, Gender, "Honor"

VI. Past Attacks

VII. The Situation of Refugees

VIII. Conclusion

International Law

The Right to Life and Security

Protection against Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment

Non-Discrimination and Fundamental Rights

Recommendations

Glossary of Terms

Acknowledgements