Amnesty: Iraq government, paramilitary forces committing rights abuses, war crimes
Wednesday 19 October 2016 at 10:59 AM ET by Alexis Wheeler
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[JURIST] Iraqi government and paramilitary forces are committing serious human rights abuses [press release] and war crimes, according to an Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] report [text, PDF] Tuesday. AI claims that both the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) are perpetrating acts of arbitrary detainment against internally displaced persons (IDP), particularly Sunni Arabs. In Iraqi-controlled territories, IDPs reportedly face further acts of abduction, torture and extrajudicial execution. According to the report, many of the abuses are carried out by the Iraqi government-backed Shi'a militias when IDPs turn themselves over to their authority. Citizens are fleeing conflict between the government forces and the Islamic State (IS). Once displaced by the conflict, the report claims Sunni Arabs are subjected to revenge punishment by the government forces for the crimes of IS.
http://www.jurist.org/paperchase/2016/10/amnesty-iraq-government-paramilitary-forces-committing-rights-abuses-war-crimes.php
