Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi said that while he was receiving the boy Hamid Saeed, 17, at his office on Monday morning, he was feeling pain and sorrow for the attack on the boy by elements affiliated with the security forces.
A statement issued by the Iraqi government stated that the commission investigating the incident, which was formed on the orders of Al-Kazemi, diagnosed the names of the violators of the law enforcement forces, terminated their contracts and referred them to the judiciary.
The Prime Minister @MAKadhimi receives the event Hamid Saeed after his release, which was subjected to an immoral and illegal attack, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces formed an investigative committee that diagnosed the names of the violators of the law enforcement forces, terminated their contracts and referred them to the judiciary. pic.twitter.com/f8lgowugwE
- Prime Minister's Information Office (@IraqiPMO) August 3, 2020
During the meeting, Al-Kazimi stressed that the culture of continuing to assault the citizen by some who exploits his position is a matter of resolute treatment, and that what happened represents a scene of assaulting the dignity of the citizen "belongs to everything that we fought during all the past years, and we will fight it to prevent its recurrence."
Al-Kazemi instructed him to provide a lawyer to assist Saeed and provide legal support to him, and he also promised to sponsor him personally to complete his studies.
The Prime Minister confirmed the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces that the leadership is in the process of reassessing the performance of law enforcement forces, because the origin of their formation is to protect people, not to insult them.
He added that what happened to this citizen’s attack should not be treated as representing the general behavior of the security services. “Our heroic forces have already sacrificed and are still sacrificing and fighting for Iraq. .
And on Sunday, the Iraqi judiciary announced - in a statement - the release of the boy Said, after "deliberations" between Al-Kazemi and the head of the Supreme Judicial Council, Faeq Zaidan.
Yesterday, Iraqi singers circulated a video clip, showing a number of people wearing military uniforms surrounding a completely disgraced boy sitting on the ground, while one of the military shaved his hair, and others insulted him with insults.
Military personnel, according to the video whose location and time were not clear, did not question the boy about whether or not he threw grenades at the security forces.
The incident sparked widespread anger in Iraq, and the central and southern governorates witnessed yesterday protests condemning the attack on the boy who became known as the "naked boy", and the demonstrators demanded an end to the abuses of the security forces.