Dirk Adriaensens: CIA Interrogations in Iraq.

Torture and Rape of Detained Women. Kitabat reports on 18 December. The chairman of the Iraqi List, Hamid al Mutlaq, said in a press conference in Baghdad on 18 December: "Iraqi prosecutors have submitted today a report to the Chairman of the Iraqi judiciary, Medhat al Mahmoud, that confirms the occurrence of torture and violations and rape of women detained in Iraqi prisons. The report is based on confidential testimonies of female prisoners in Iraqi jails." Mutlaq said that "the report confirms what has been recently stated by some parliamentary committees and human rights organizations, that there is a systematic violation, torture and rape of female prisoners in Iraqi prisons," The Chairperson of the Committee on Women presented a report on the situation of women prisoners. This report confirms that prisoners are routinely subjected to torture and rape. The presentation led to a heated argument between the deputies of the Iraqi List and the Coalition of State of Law, evolving into a serious affray. Mutlaq demanded that the Iraqi government and the judiciary system would "do their legal duties by issuing a death sentence against those who commit such crimes against Iraqi women, and take the necessary measures to prevent these abuses. He also asked to protect the confidential informant, and to implement Article IV of the Anti terrorism Act. The announcement of the Public Prosecutor to the Iraqi Judicial Council coincides with the statement of the Governor of Nineveh, Ethel Nujaifi, on Tuesday, about an officer in the Second Division of the Iraqi army, who raped a 17 year old minor, after forcing her into the Headquarters of his Regiment in the Nimrod's District. On 12 December, the Sadrist movement submitted a request to the Public Prosecutor, to issue an arrest warrant against the Minister of Justice Hassan Shammari and other officials in the ministry, for preventing the Iraqi MP's from visiting prisons, after they received information about the existence of torture and rape of some of the inmates.