American military personnel recently denied Human Rights Watch observers access to Iraqi detainees held under US control, threatened to expel HRW from a court if they spoke to any detainees, and deployed military escorts to prevent any such contacts with the human rights observers. These incidents are reported deep in the organization's Dec. 14 report calling into question Iraq's Central Criminal Court, the country's "flagship" criminal justice institution.
For the report, go here.
Authored by Joseph Logan with Michael Wahid...
]]>