Iraq: Change Approach to Foreign Women, Children in ISIS-Linked Trials

Expand A view of a chamber in Baghdad’s Central Criminal Court, 2005. © 2005 Reuters (Beirut) – Iraq’s judiciary should change its approach to dealing with detained foreign women and children who are accused of affiliation with the Islamic State (also known as ISIS), Human Rights Watch said today. Since January, Iraq has proceeded with rushed trials against foreigners on charges of illegal entry and membership in or assistance to ISIS without sufficiently taking into account the individual circumstances of each case or guaranteeing suspects a fair trial. Most foreign women are being sentenced…

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