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Iraq Detains More than 1,000 Children as ISIS Suspects

Children Should be Reintegrated, Not Face Prosecution

Iraqi authorities detained over 1,000 children, some as young as nine years old, last year on national security charges, primarily for suspected links with the Islamic State (ISIS), according to a new United Nations report. Although ISIS attacks have…
Juveniles’ cell at Tal Kayf prison, taken in April 2019 and shared confidentially with Human Rights Watch, shows extreme overcrowding at the prison.
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Iraq: ISIS Child Suspects Arbitrarily Arrested, Tortured

Children Should Be Rehabilitated, Reintegrated

(Geneva) – Iraqi and Kurdistan Regional Government authorities have charged hundreds of children with terrorism for alleged Islamic State (also known as ISIS) affiliation, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The prosecutions are…
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Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Detained Children Tortured

Beatings, Electric Shock to Coerce ISIS Confessions

(Beirut) – The Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq is torturing children to confess to involvement with the Islamic State (ISIS), Human Rights Watch said today.  Children told Human Rights Watch that in…
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Iraq: Flawed Prosecution of ISIS Suspects

Undermines Justice for Victims

(Baghdad) – The Iraqi government and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) are conducting thousands of trials of Islamic State suspects without a strategy to prioritize the worst abuses under Iraqi and international law, Human Rights…
An ISIS suspect held for questioning by Iraqi forces near Mosul.
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Iraq/KRG: 1,400 Women, Children From ISIS Areas Detained

Investigate Killings, Abductions of Foreign Men

  (Beirut) – Iraqi authorities are holding more than 1,400 foreign women and their children who surrendered with ISIS fighters in late August 2017, Human Rights Watch said today. The detentions appear to have no legal…
Iraqi Ministry of Transportation buses taking internally displaced families to Hammam al-Alil in May 2017. In late August, Iraqi authorities bused 1,400 foreign women and children to the site. © 2017 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
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Why Children Are Stuck in Prison in Erbil Without Trial

The Kurdistan Regional Government authorities have detained more than 150 boys on suspicion of joining the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) in areas far outside of the KRG’s territorial control. These boys are being held for weeks and months on end,…
Boy prisoners in the yard of the Women and Children's Reformatory in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Many boys were detained on suspicion of links to the Islamic State
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Iraq: Hundreds Detained in Degrading Conditions

Over 1,200 ISIS Suspects in Filthy Overcrowded Jails

(Erbil) – The Iraqi interior ministry is holding at least 1,269 detainees, including boys as young as 13, without charge in horrendous conditions and with limited access to medical care at three makeshift prisons, Human Rights Watch said today. At least…
A hole in the ceiling of the second prison house, from a projectile that hit the building while the area was still under ISIS-control. Staff said the prison, holding 270 detainees, was structurally unsound and could collapse at any point.
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Iraq: Halt Execution of Yemeni Juvenile

Death Sentence for Crime Allegedly Committed at 16

(Baghdad) – Iraqi authorities should immediately stay the execution of a Yemeni national who was 16 at the time of his alleged offense. The execution of Saleh Moussa Ahmed al-Baidany would be Iraq’s first documented execution since 1987 of someone who was…
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US: Respect Rights of Child Detainees in Iraq

Children in US Custody Held Without Due Process

US forces in Iraq should ensure that children it takes into custody are treated according to their status as children, and given prompt judicial review and access to independent monitors, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 22, the UN Committee on the…
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A Face and a Name

A Face and a Name Civilian Victims of Insurgent Groups in Iraq I. Summary The Victims Insurgent Groups Arguments of Insurgent Groups Violations by U.S. and Iraqi Government Forces Methodology II. Recommendations III. Insurgent Groups in Iraq Attacks on…

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