| Description | Folder of presscuttings and telex reports relating to breaches of human rights by the Iraqi regime. These include an advert for David A. Korn's book 'Human Rights in Iraq' (1990), two Amnesty International press releases and two Newsletters and (June and September 1980, August 1985 and March 1989) detailing instances of torture in Iraq, a Guardian article (30 March 1991) on a prisoner's experiences in Kadhemya jail, an article on Iraqi human rights abuses from The Independent (20 March 1989) followed by a letter of protest from the Press Counsellor of the Iraqi embassy in London and two subsequent letters in reponse, several cuttings relating to the torture of the children of political prisoners in order to force confessions, discussion of allegations of Iraqi use of chemical weapons on Kurds and an Observer article (18 March 1990) on a visit to the city of Halabja two years after the massacre. |