tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post6354004913351828284..comments2024-02-29T12:38:32.191-08:00Comments on MUSINGS ON IRAQ: Amnesty International Finds Abuse Going On In Iraq With ImpunityJoel Winghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09611810110771744360noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-63216512850796844362011-03-04T14:50:11.243-08:002011-03-04T14:50:11.243-08:00Andrew,
The Iraqi constitution includes rule of l...Andrew,<br /><br />The Iraqi constitution includes rule of law, due process, presumption of innocence, right to a lawyer, and bans torture and abuse. <br /><br />The problem as with many things in Iraq, is that politicians aren't interested in enforcing these rules. <br /><br />You brought up the Sadrists, they ran a lot of the local police in southern Iraq and were in the Interior Ministry and were doing things like using drills on people. If they brought up torture it would only be as a political attack upon others as some tried to do with Maliki when the Wikileaks documents came out. <br /><br />There have been other politicians who seem more genuine about the matter, but they haven't been many, so they couldn't apply any political pressure to get anything done. <br /><br />Until there's political will, there won't be changes to the judicial system and the prisons.Joel Winghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611810110771744360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-46552548000465580282011-03-02T17:35:35.634-08:002011-03-02T17:35:35.634-08:00Forgive a monumentally ignorant question, but does...Forgive a monumentally ignorant question, but doesn't the new Iraqi constitution have basic rights of the accused built in? <br /><br />Because there's a lot of unrest still in Iraq. It shouldn't be too hard to at least focus some of that on protecting rights of the accused. There's even a broad-based constituency: Maliki's arrested enough Sadrists *and* Sunnis that anyone who wanted to do something about prison abuse could cobble together a strong enough coalition to do so.AndrewSshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12092217847584427587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-40150433670768784282011-03-02T13:12:11.507-08:002011-03-02T13:12:11.507-08:00Until Iraq changes it's legal system from conf...Until Iraq changes it's legal system from confessions to evidence based prosecutions, which I don't see happening, abuse will probably continue. It's just too easy in the country and many others to just beat a confession out of someone.Joel Winghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611810110771744360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-53039828154098307992011-03-02T11:32:06.321-08:002011-03-02T11:32:06.321-08:00Well, if yesterday's story regarding belated p...Well, if yesterday's story regarding belated prosecution in the matter of fake bomb detectors is any indiciation, we will probably see today's abuse claims tackled some time around 2015.<br /><br />Still, though... better late than never.amaginoreply@blogger.com