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Children tortured in Iraq Kurdistan for ‘ISIS links’

The Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq is torturing children to confess to involvement with IS, Human Rights Watch said today.

Women and Children's Reformatory in Erbil where HRW claim several dozen children are held in detention or are serving sentences for alleged ISIS affiliation.
Women and Children's Reformatory in Erbil where HRW claim several dozen children are held in detention or are serving sentences for alleged ISIS affiliation. Source: Jo Becker/Human Rights Watch

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