UN criticises Iraq for concealing casualty figures

BAGHDAD: The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq criticised Baghdad on Wednesday for concealing the casualty figures from its sectarian war and charged that many detainees have “disappeared”.

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While placing the blame for the majority of violent civilian deaths on the insurgents and illegal militias fighting in Iraq, UNAMI expressed concern about the human rights record of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s government.

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In its quarterly report on the human rights situation, the UN mission said the Iraqi government had stopped providing casualty figures and denied that its previous reports had exaggerated the death toll in the conflict.

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In a report on January 16, UNAMI said more than 34,400 people had died in the daily acts of violence across the country in 2006.

“The prime minister’s office told UNAMI that the mortality figures contained in the report were exaggerated, although they were in fact figures compiled and provided by a government ministry,” UNAMI said on Wednesday.

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