Two international observers detailed the summary killings of four people by the Iraqi army’s 16th Division
ISLAMABAD: An Iraqi army division trained by the US government supposedly executed several dozen prisoners in Mosul’s old city, in Iraq. Two international observers detailed the summary killings of four people by the Iraqi army’s 16th Division in mid-July 2017, and saw evidence that the unit had executed many more people, including a boy.
The US government should suspend all assistance and support to the 16th Division pending Iraq’s full investigation of the allegations and appropriate prosecutions. As per the ‘Leahy Law’, the US is prohibited from providing military assistance to any unit of foreign security forces if there is credible evidence that the unit has committed gross violations of human rights and no ‘effective measures’ are being taken to bring those responsible to justice.
Faiq Khan
Published in The Express Tribune, August 1st, 2017.
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