Iraq

Human Rights: Human Rights under Saddam



Primary Source: [|Interview of victim] Many important govermental officials got together to talk about what Iraq was like under the power of Saddam Huissen. Ms. Pryce was one person who went over to Iraq after Saddam to see the aftermath. While there she witnessed many women in post tramitic states because of what had been happening. That was just a small amount of people out of all the different people who lived through the time period of Saddam being in power but it proves how much Saddam did to the people, in a bad way. Primary Source: [|Interview with Saddam's deputy] The interview with Saddam's form deputy, Tariq Aziz gave an insight of what it was like being on the inside of Saddam's circle. Even though Saddam wasn't against Tariq and didn't hurt him he still has to deal with the aftermath of what Saddam did to Iraq. He said that he was made to listen to Saddam and he felt he had to do what Saddam wanted to be a good part of the government. Tariq is now being charged with a crime against humanity which means he has to spend 15 years in jail and still can be charged with more. This source shows that everyone not just the people against Saddam Huissen are being affected by what Saddam did while in power. Artifact 1: [|Torture under Saddam] "Iraqis pour out tales of Saddam's torture chambers" tells exactly what life was like for citizens under Saddam Huissen. This article talked about how the jail cells were underground and the rooms were old and bloody showing the living conditions of many men who had to live there even though they were not guily. While in these jail cells the men would be beatened and tortured by all different items, many men who entered the jails didn't come out. All of these stories of men and the things the article says proves that the citizens of Iraq were treated cruely under Saddam Huissen. Artifact 2: [|Torture Victim Picture] In this picture there are two Iraqi soilders, and ones holding a gun, the other man is only wearing under garments and is covered in blood this is what happened to citizens that didn't have the same feelings as the government when Saddam Huissen was in power. This picture shows the violence of innocent people that happened to many Iraqis while Saddam was in power. Looking at this picture you can understand almost everything you need to know to understand what Saddam did to the citizens. Artifact 3: [|Inside Saddam's torture cells] This article helps understand what Iraq was like under the power of Saddam Huissen; citizens that seemed to be a threat to the government because they believed in different things were taken and thrown into jails. These jails were know as torture chambers and they were not nice places to live, they were small, dark, and diry and the people living there would be tortured and beaten. 35 to 50 men would be placed in a 5 by 10 foot room that had no windows or light, therefore many men died during the hot summers in Iraq. Over all this article does a good job at showing what it was like to live under the ruling of Saddam and having to face living in a torture chamber.