HL Deb 19 November 1998 vol 594 c214WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What information they have received about the alleged massacre of 122 Iraqis and three Egyptians in Abu Ghraib Prison, Baghdad, on 1 October; and whether they will ask the United Nations Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Arbitrary and Summary Executions, M. Bacre Waly Ndiaye, to submit a report on this atrocity to the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. [HL3874]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

The Iraqi Communist Party has reported allegations of a massacre in Abu Ghraib prison in which 122 Iraqis and three Egyptians were killed. We have taken steps to ensure that the UN Commission on Human Rights is aware of these allegations.