Iraq
Torture of French jihadists imprisoned in Iraq
Type of liability
Personne physique
Alleged perpetrator(s)
X
Nationality of alleged perpetrator(s)
X
Legal classification of crime(s)
Torture and acts of barbarity
Source of the complaint
Victims
Ongoing proceedings
oui
Regime
4 - 113 CP
Summary of facts
After the fall of the Islamic State (IS) organization, eleven French jihadists had been sentenced to death by hanging in June 2019 in Iraq. On May 30, 2023, the Iraqi judiciary commuted this sentence to life imprisonment. They are reportedly being held in inhumane conditions and subjected to torture. All of them wish to serve their sentences in France. Indeed, all eleven are subject to arrest warrants for terrorist criminal conspiracy, according to the PNAT.
Amnesty International France recalls that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law.
Legal proceedings
</strong></span>September 2020: Brahim N. and Vianney O., French jihadists detained in Iraq, file a complaint with civil party application with the Paris Judicial Court. The judicial authorities decide not to investigate; the civil parties appeal.<br />
December 2023: a judicial investigation is opened for torture, inhuman and degrading punishment and treatment, and arbitrary detention.</p>
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4 other detainees have also filed complaints</p>