Iraqi justice system falls short - report

[Adsos Letter]

Source: Reuters/Human Rights Watch

15 Dec 2008 01:00:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
BAGHDAD, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Iraq is failing to give criminal suspects fair trials and abuse of prisoners appears common ahead of the transfer of thousands of detainees from U.S. prison camps to Iraqi control, a human rights group said on Monday.

Human Rights Watch said prisoners had to wait months and in some cases years before being brought before a judge.

They also received ineffectual legal counsel and judges frequently relied on testimony from secret informants or confessions likely to have been extracted under torture or duress, the New York-based group said in a report. Impartial administration of justice for all Iraqis was supposed to be a hallmark of the country's break with the abuses of the Saddam Hussein era and help heal sectarian divides after years of horrific violence, it said.

"Regrettably, some of the failings in the court's proceedings show disturbing continuity with that period."

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[tclambert]

1. Justice in Iraq has failed. The shoe thrower missed President Bush.

[Adsos Letter]

2. Now who can argue with THAT...

:rofl:

[boomerbust]

3. Send

Alberto over there to straighten it out.