![Nouri al-Maliki, Chairman of the State of Law Coalition and former Prime Minister attends the election rally ahead of the general elections scheduled for November 11, in Baghdad, Iraq, on November 7, 2025. [Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AA-20251107-39647316-39647308-MALIKI_MET_WITH_SUPPORTERS_IN_BAGHDAD_AHEAD_OF_THE_ELECTION.jpg)
In a press statement issued on Monday 26 January the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) stated that the nomination of Nouri al-Maliki for the post of Prime Minister brings back memories of dark periods marked by crimes and violations committed on sectarian grounds, as well as financial and institutional corruption that caused severe harm to the Iraqi state, tore the country’s social fabric, and entrenched division and hatred among its people. The AOHR UK added that during Nouri al-Maliki’s eight-year tenure as Prime Minister from 2006, and his retention of sovereign portfolios such as Defence and Interior for periods of his rule, he committed some of the most heinous crimes against the Sunni community and […]
