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Human Rights Developments
Defending Human Rights
The Role of the International CommunityDue to the strict controls on freedom of association and expression, no independent human rights organizations functioned in government-controlled Iraq. The renewed Iraqi security presence in the north since 1996 also severely limited human rights monitoring in Iraqi Kurdistan. Although members of most Kurdish human rights organizations fled the area, some monitors remained, adopting a lower profile. Turkey refused to allow journalists into northern Iraq during its military attacks, making verification of official reports by Turkish authorities and the Kurdish groups difficult. Opposition groups in exile continued to monitor human rights abuses from abroad. While the government often granted visas to foreign correspondents, and allowed U.N. monitors to observe the implementation of resolution 986 (1995), the climate of fear and the presence of government-appointed minders prevented reports and monitors from gathering information on human rights abuses. |
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