Because of torture... an official call to investigate the detainees' files and invalidate the arrest warrants in Iraq

The Independent High Commission for Human Rights in Iraq called for the suspension of the implementation of all judicial arrest warrants, and the re-investigation of the files of detainees since 2003.

A member of the Commission (linked to Parliament) Ali Al-Bayati said - in a statement - that what is happening in the form of torture requires stopping all arrest warrants, and limiting the request for recruitment to complete investigations in the presence of lawyers.

He explained that there is a need to open all investigation files after 2003 by a national committee that will be formed urgently, including civil society organizations, the Commission for Human Rights and the United Nations Mission in Iraq (UNAMI).

In a statement to Anadolu Agency, Al-Bayati stated that the demand to stop all arrest warrants issued comes as a matter of applying justice and guarantees within international standards.

He added that there is a need to bring the accused with his own lawyer, and if the accusation is proven, the arrest warrants will be implemented, noting that "what happens in terms of torture in prisons requires stopping all arrests."

This comes on the eve of orders issued by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to arrest a security official against the background of the appearance of an Iraqi whose husband confessed two months ago, in a security video, to burning her body, and later found her alive.

The incident dates back to last July, after the appearance of a security video clip of a young man confessing to killing his wife and burning her body, in the presence of security officials in Babil Governorate (central), before it later became clear that the wife’s disappearance was linked to family disputes and that she was alive, and that the husband was forced to confess by By the investigation authorities, according to local media.

The appearance of the wife and the release of the husband sparked wide reactions on social media platforms and the media, and many accused the authorities of mistreating the accused and obtaining confessions under torture.

The government and the local police in the governorate quickly issued two separate statements announcing an investigation into the incident and revealing its circumstances and allegations of torture.