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Monday, September 21, 2015
Human Rights Watch: Iraq must rein in paramilitaries
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleHuman Rights Watch says the Iraqi government must assert control over paramilitary forces that have carried out abuses including enforced disappearances and destruction of property, and hold those responsible to account.
Baghdad should “take immediate steps to establish effective command and control over pro-government militias (and) disband militias that resist government control,” the rights group says in a report detailing destruction and detentions carried out in the Tikrit area after the city was retaken from the Islamic State .
It must also ensure that Iraqi forces involved in abuses “are fairly and appropriately disciplined or prosecuted,” and provide compensation or alternative housing to people whose homes have been destroyed, HRW says.
— AFP
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