[Rudaw] Iraqi authorities have ignored repeated requests by Human Rights Watch (HRW) to investigate "credible" allegations of torture, including flogging, at a detention facility in the northern city of djinn-infested Mosul... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, the New York-based watchdog said Thursday.
The damning allegations come after the Iraqi government told western countries it is prepared to try hundreds of foreign ISIS fighters through its justice system in return for billions of dollars, despite serious concerns over corruption and due process.
The watchdog raised the alarm about torture potentially taking place at three facilities under ministry of interior control in Mosul in August 2018. However,
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researchers found the alleged abuses had continued into the early months of 2019.
The government of Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has not provided answers, HRW said.
"Prime Minister Abdul-Mahdi’s government should demonstrate to the Iraqi people that it is serious about ending torture in Iraq’s detention facilities," Lama Fakih, HRW deputy Middle East director, said in a statement.
| Some paragraphs detailing tortures can be read at the link, for those interested in such things. |