Officials scramble to track 13 Aussie ISIS fighters in Iraq

HRW warns of risk of abuse after ISIS detainees transfer to Iraq

Human Rights Watch warned on Tuesday that transferring approximately 5,700 detainees accused of links to the Islamic State from northeast Syria to Iraq could expose them to torture, enforced disappearance, unfair trials, and possible execution. The organisation emphasised that, regardless of the severity of the allegations, the detainees had already been held for years in Syria without due process and were now being transferred to a judicial sys…

Officials scramble to track 13 Aussie ISIS fighters in Iraq

Australian prisoners are among almost 6000 captured terrorists who have been moved to Baghdad for interrogations ahead of trials related to crimes in Iraq.

Rights group condemns US transfer of detainees with ISIS affiliation to Iraq

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday condemned the US for transferring 5,700 detainees with alleged ISIS affiliation from Syria to Iraq, where detainees are at risk of enforced disappearance, unfair trials, and torture. The US transferred the detainees on January 21 as the Syrian government tried to gain control of Northern Syria from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), despite a ceasefire agreement made January 8 between the SDF and Syrian Army.…

Iraq transfers 157 juvenile IS detainees to rehabilitation centers - Enab Baladi

The head of Iraq’s Security Media Cell, Saad Maan, said Iraqi security authorities have separated 157 juveniles from among Islamic State detainees transferred from northeastern Syria and placed them in rehabilitation facilities in accordance with Iraqi law. In statements carried by the Iraqi News Agency (INA) Wednesday, February 18, Maan said that two of the juveniles hold Iraqi nationality, noting that their files have been referred to the Juve…