Iraq: Authorities must guarantee fair trials for 5,700 detainees and protect child rights in mass trials
Amnesty says 157 children are among 5,704 detainees and warns Iraq must avoid forced confessions and death sentences in the mass trials.
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Baghdad has recovered more than 5,000 prisoners who were being held by Kurdish forces in Syria, including 47 French. Human Rights Watch warns about Iraq's inability to provide them with decent conditions of detention and a fair trial.
Iraq: Dire Prospects for Alleged ISIS-Linked Men, Boys
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Iraq: Authorities must guarantee fair trials for 5,700 detainees and protect child rights in mass trials
Iraqi authorities must guarantee full due process rights for more than 5,700 detainees transferred to Iraq from north-east Syria, and ensure the urgent protection of child rights, Amnesty International said today, ahead of an upcoming trial session on 5 October. The transferred individuals are being prosecuted for their suspected affiliation with the armed group calling […]
As the trial of thousands of those accused of ISIS approaches, international amnesty warns against the adoption of confessions obtained by torture and demands that Iraq guarantee the rights of detainees...
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