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UN Report Details Torture, Rights Denial in Iraqi Prisons

A new UN report documents how Iraqi authorities routinely deny prisoners due process and legal representation and frequently obtain confessions through torture (WaPo).

A new UN report documents how Iraqi authorities routinely deny prisoners due process and legal representation and frequently obtain confessions through torture (WaPo). About forty thousand people are held in Iraqi prisons.

Yemen: Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg is expected to be named (Reuters) the new UN special envoy for Yemen after the previous envoy became UN aid chief. Grundberg has been the European Union’s ambassador to Yemen since 2019.

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