Iraq: Local Forces Banish ISIS Suspects’ Families

(Beirut) – Local armed forces in the northern Iraqi district of al-Ba’aj, issued an order in February 2018 that relatives of male Islamic State (also known as ISIS) members could not return, Human Rights Watch said today. Expand Minutes of a meeting in al-Ba’aj on February 7, 2018, where sheikhs and mukhtars were instructed not to grant security clearances to relatives of ISIS members. © 2018 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch This will prevent hundreds of people, if not thousands, from returning home. Human Rights Watch has interviewed hundreds of other families of ISIS suspects across…

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