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Iraqi Gov’t Freezes Bank Accounts of Iraqi Feminist Group

HeadlineSep 07, 2007

The Iraqi government has frozen the bank accounts of the Organization for Women’s Freedom in Iraq led by Yanar Mohammed. The group has been highly critical of the U.S. occupation and has closely monitored the human rights situation for women in Iraq. It has documented the disappearance of some 4,000 women and girls since the U.S. invasion in early 2003. The group believes most have been trafficked to other countries and forced into prostitution.

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