Human Rights Testimonies Recorded by CPTers in Iraq

Between May 31 and December 20, 2003, CPT workers conducted extensive interviews and collected testimonies related to the detention of Iraqi civilians. Testimonies came from detainees, friends and family of detainees, and information obtained from Coalition Forces representatives and/or contracted workers for the Coalition.  A selection of those testimonies is presented here.  The full report is found on the CPT Iraq page. Collecting testimonies continues to be a part of the team's work.

1. Kassim Mehdi Muhmed - recorded 16 May 2005
2. "Does this Happen in America?" - recorded 3 May 2005
3. Fallujah Detainee: Latif Ali Hmoud - recorded 27 April 2005
4. Detained Parents - recorded 16 April 2005
5. A Mother Imprisoned
6. Thabaat Al-Soudany
7. Mohamed Kamel Yahya - testimoney recorded 20 March 2005
8. Abdul Samia Ibrahim Ali - from Fallujah, recorded 19 January 2005
9. Omar Ali - a barber from Fallujah, recorded 27 February 2005
10. Testimony of an Iraqi Minor Detained and Mistreated by US Forces
11. Testimony of Iraqi Mother whose Three Sons are Under Detention by US Forces
12. Testimony from the Father of a Detainee
13. A Mother at Abu Ghraib
14. The Killing of Abdal
15. Ihsan Abdullah Ihsan Kamil (listed Ishan Abdullah Kami)
16. Abdul Haq and Family
17. Testimony on Prison Conditions
18. Statement of a Desperate Wife
19. The Search for Adel
20. Where is Shaker Mahmoud?
21. Testimonies of Three Brothers Captured in a Mistaken House Raid
22. Death and Disappearance During the War
23. Disappeared in Baghdad
24. "Only Barbie Doll Games"
25. Testimony of Osama Amir Na’yef
26. Statement of Iraqi Woman
27. Testimony of Abu Bakar
28. CPT takes testimony from photographed detainee describing torture at Abu Ghaib
29. Released detainees describe torture in prison camps at Baghdad press conference
30. Testimony of Najeeb Abbas Al-Shami
31. Testimony of Hisham Jamal Dwaik (Name has been changed)
32. Testimony of Mustafa Fahmi Amin Al Naimi
33. Testimony of Hythem Wissam Abbass Al-Deleimy
34. Testimony of Yousif
35. Haj Mohammed's Story