Mothers of the disappeared.

In August 1993, Kuwait released a list of 625 names of people who had been taken to Iraq during the Gulf War and who had yet to be released. Hamid al-Bayati, spokesman for the main Shia anti-Ba'ath opposition group in Iraq, is of the opinion that Kuwaitis are still being held in cells in Baghdad, wh...

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Publicado en:New Statesman & Society Vol. 7; pp. 12 - 14
Autor principal: Azizi, Ferhat
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: New Statesman Ltd. May 13 1994
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Sumario:In August 1993, Kuwait released a list of 625 names of people who had been taken to Iraq during the Gulf War and who had yet to be released. Hamid al-Bayati, spokesman for the main Shia anti-Ba'ath opposition group in Iraq, is of the opinion that Kuwaitis are still being held in cells in Baghdad, whereas other sources suggest that some have been killed. Lady Olga Maitland, a British MP and campaigner for the missing Kuwaitis, has said that there must be no question of lifting sanctions against Iraq until these people have been released.