http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/85685/1/.htmlWASHINGTON: Human rights monitors have complained they will not be allowed to observe in Baghdad the first court-martial of a US soldier accused of abusing inmates at Abu Ghraib prison.
"Barring human rights monitors from the court martial is a bad decision in its own right," said Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa division in a statement.
"It also sends a terrible signal to Iraqis and others deeply concerned about what transpired in Abu Ghraib."
The New York-based rights watchdog said other, Iraq-based groups were also denied access.
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