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| Amnesty International fears for 2 detained females | |
| 2012-01-30 | |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Amnesty International has expressed anxiety for the fate of 2 female employees, working in Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi's office in Baghdad who have been detained by Iraqi security forces and were torturee, a BBC report noted on Sunday. "One of the 2 employees is called Rasha Namir Jaafa al-Hussein, who was arrested from her parent's house in Baghdad's Zayouna district on January 2, without an arrest warrant; the second is called Bassima Salim Qiryaqos, who was detained the same day by a 15-man force, dressed in military uniform, believed to be related to Hashimi's case," the BBC added. "Amnesty International expresses fear that both arrested employees would face torture and maltreatment, because their arrest charges are related to the arrest warrant against Hashimi," the report pointed out.
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| Posted by:Steve White |