The President of the Iraqi parliament has backed the campaign to stop forcible deportations of Iraqi refugees from the UK and Europe.

The inquest into the death of Osman Rasul, the Kurdish refugee who died last year after falling from a building in Nottingham, recorded an open verdict. The coroner described "an horrific scene with a crowd baying for the vulnerable man to jump."

From Human Rights Watch:

Iraqi authorities should conduct an immediate, full, and transparent investigation into the September 8, 2011 killing of Hadi al-Mahdi, a popular radio journalist often critical of the government, at his home in Baghdad, and prosecute those responsible, Human Rights Watch said today. 

As anti-government demonstrations continue across Iraq the UK Government plans to deport refugees back to Baghdad next week. More than 25 people, including one Christian, have been arrested, detained in detention centres across the country and have been given deportation tickets for a charter flight leaving on Wednesday 9^th March.