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| HRW: Iraqis forcibly disappeared 'by security forces' |
| 2018-09-28 |
| [Al Jazeera] Dozens of Iraqi men and boys have been forcibly disappeared by Iraqi security forces since 2014, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). In a report published on Thursday, the rights group said 74 mostly Sunni Arab men and four boys had been disappeared between April 2014 and October 2017, often in the context of counterterrorism operations. Since 2014, pro-government forces have carried out operations to find fighters and supporters of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and the Levant group (ISIS, also known as ISIS). The cases are part of a wider continuing trend according to HRW, which says it continues to receive reports of disappearances across Iraq. "Families across Iraq whose fathers, husbands, and sons disappeared after Iraqi forces detained them are desperate to find their loved ones," said Lama Fakih, deputy Middle East director at HRW. "Despite years of searching, and requests to Iraqi authorities, the government has provided no answers about where they are or if they are even still alive." Iraqi officials did not respond to inquiries from families and HRW about the disappeared. |
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