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epealed the CPA’s decision to suspend the death penalty, and on 21 September 2006,
11 alleged members of the insurgency group Ansar Al-Islam were hanged in Erbil. 66
5. National Security
The Order of Safeguarding National Security of 2004 grants the Prime Minister
extraordinary powers, including the authority to impose curfews, restrict movement
between cities and set up around-the-clock courts where the Government can obtain arrest
warrants. Measures on the basis of this Order have resulted in frequent abuse by those
implementing them. 67 The measures, in place everywhere except in the three Northern
Governorates, have been renewed by successive parliaments every month since they were
first authorized in November 2004. 68 Curfews and other restrictions on freedom of
movement limit the possibilities of individuals relocating from one place to another,
including for purpose of safety.
66 UNAMI HRO, Human Rights Report, 1 September – 31 October 2006, p. 20, http://www.uniraq.org/
documents/HR Report Sep Oct 2006 EN.pdf (further: “UNAMI HRO, October 2006 Human Rights Report”);
Amnesty International, Iraq: Amnesty International alarmed at rise in executions, 25 September 2006,
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE140332006?open&of=ENG-IRQ.
67 See, for example, “Sunni Arabs”.
68 See UNHCR, 2005 Country of Origin Information Iraq, p. 17-18, see above footnote 53.
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