Iraq's prisons: An inside view

by Huda Al-Saleh and Fahd al-Ziabi on 14-11-2012

During his years in the Iraqi prison system, al-Anzi served time in numerous Iraqi jails including Sousse, Nasiriyah and al-Taji prisons, not to mention the infamous Abu Ghraib prison. In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, al-Anzi reveals the true sectarian nature of Iraq’s prison system, adding that Iranian security forces, specifically the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp [IRGC] interrogated prisoners held in Iraq’s prison system.


Iraq executes 10

by AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE on 12-11-2012

The Maliki gang has executed ten people yesterday and planning some more


If Nouri only had a brain . . .

by The Common Ills on 09-11-2012

Nouri al-Maliki is among the most paranoid of recent minor despots. He rules as if he misunderstands the saying. Time and again, he takes an unwise and unpopular stand and, in the face of massive protest, refuses to re-evaluate as if to do so would show weakness. That's what he and others like him don't get.


أكد قسم حقوق الأنسان في هيئة علماء المسلمين أعتقال 1435 مواطنا خلال الشهر الماضي... عن هيئة علماء المسلمين في بغداد


CHILDREN AT IRAQ PRISON ‘FUTURE TIME BOMB’

by AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE on 30-10-2012

Some 21 children living with their mothers in a Baghdad women’s prison represent a potential "time bomb," an Iraqi rights group warned on Sunday in a report that also noted claims of rape and torture.

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