Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Four detention centres handed over to Justice Ministry
Security
(Voices of Iraq) A Human Rights Ministry senior official said on Monday the responsibility for running four detention centers were handed over to the Iraqi Justice Ministry. "The Justice Ministry started to run four Iraqi detention centers that were previously run by the ministries of Defense and Interior," a senior official, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The official who did not say when the transfer of responsibility occurred expressed "the preparedness of the Justice Ministry to run all the prisons and detention centers now under Interior and Defense ministries responsibility." He said "the transfer that occurred was intended to avoid any human rights abuses against the inmates and to accelerate referring the detainees to courts of law to look into the charges directed against them."
Last week, the Iraqi Human Rights minister Wijdan Michael called upon the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to place the responsibility of running all detention centers under the Justice Ministry to prevent human rights abuses. In Iraq, there are still detention centers and prisons that run by U.S. forces apart from those run by the Iraqi authorities.
The official who did not say when the transfer of responsibility occurred expressed "the preparedness of the Justice Ministry to run all the prisons and detention centers now under Interior and Defense ministries responsibility." He said "the transfer that occurred was intended to avoid any human rights abuses against the inmates and to accelerate referring the detainees to courts of law to look into the charges directed against them."
Last week, the Iraqi Human Rights minister Wijdan Michael called upon the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to place the responsibility of running all detention centers under the Justice Ministry to prevent human rights abuses. In Iraq, there are still detention centers and prisons that run by U.S. forces apart from those run by the Iraqi authorities.
Labels: detention centres, Justice Ministry
