Thousands of Prisoners May Be Released Soon
IAF MP Reports Security Committee Made Recommendation to Government
Baghdad, Aug 23, (VOI)- A member of the security and defense committee of the Iraqi parliament expressed on Thursday the expectation that thousands of prisoners would soon be set free in accordance with the recommendations made by a joint parliamentary security committee.
MP from the Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF) Abdul Karim al-Samaraei told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) “there is a committee, which includes members of parliament, Iraqi and U.S. forces, that has presented legal mechanisms to the government to free prisoners from Iraqi and U.S. jails.”
“Once these mechanisms come into force, thousands of captives will be released throughout Iraq,” the man, who is also the spokesman for the Iraqi Islamic party, said.
“The security and defense committee paid several visits to the interior ministry’s jails, including al-Adala jail in al-Kadhimiya region in northern Baghdad, al-Tasfeerat prison in central Baghdad and other jails in the capital, to be updated om the conditions of prisoners there,” he noted.
“The visits unveiled the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the jails, where prisoners’ human rights are being violated,” the lawmaker asserted.
