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Amnesty: Iraqis fleeing Daesh face revenge attacks

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Torture and executions - Amnesty International warns of revenge attacks in Iraq
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Paramilitary groups and government forces in Iraq have tortured, arbitrarily detained and executed thousands of civilians escaping areas controlled by the Daesh group, Amnesty International warned Tuesday.
The London-based rights group said the abuses, often revenge attacks directed at Sunnis suspected of being complicit with Daesh, must not be repeated as Iraqi forces advance on the terrorists’ stronghold in Mosul.
“After escaping the horrors of war and tyranny of Daesh, Sunni Arabs in Iraq are facing brutal revenge attacks at the hands of militias and government forces, and are being punished for crimes committed by the group,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty’s Middle East research director.
“Iraq is currently facing very real and deadly security threats from Daesh, but there can be no justification for extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, torture or arbitrary detention.
“As the battle to retake Mosul gets underway, it is crucial that the Iraqi authorities take steps to ensure these appalling abuses do not happen again.”
The claims were made in a new report based on interviews with more than 470 former detainees, witnesses and relatives of civilians who have been killed, detained or disappeared, as well as officials and activists.
It cites an incident in May in which at least 12 men and four boys from the Jumaila tribe, who fled Al-Sijir, north of Fallujah, were executed after handing themselves over to men wearing military and federal police uniforms.
In June, militias seized 1,300 men and boys from the Mehemda tribe who fled Saqlawiya, northwest of Fallujah, and many were tortured before being handed over to local authorities. Survivors told Amnesty they were beaten and deprived of food and water. One said he was told it was “payback for the Speicher massacre.”
In 2014, up to 1,700 military recruits from Camp Speicher, near Tikrit, were captured and killed by Daesh and allied militants. In August, 36 men were hanged for the crime.
“Iraqi authorities, whose complicity and inaction in the face of widespread abuses have contributed to the current climate of impunity, must rein in militias and make clear that such serious violations will not be tolerated,” said Luther.
“Failure to do so will allow a vicious cycle of abuse, repression and injustice to continue and raises serious fears about the safety of civilians still in Mosul.”
Meanwhile, Britain’s defense minister Michael Fallon said Tuesday that Daesh is “failing” in Iraq, but warned that Iraqi forces would not find it easy to drive them out of Mosul. “This will not be a quick operation, and we can expect Daesh to fight hard to keep Mosul,” he told lawmakers on the second day of the Mosul offensive.
The Royal Air Force is providing intelligence-gathering and air support to Iraqi ground forces as part of a US-led coalition, while British military commanders have also provided support and training. “We recognize, as do the Iraqis, that this will be the greatest challenge that their security forces have yet encountered, with significant humanitarian implications.”

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