Mistreatment_Of_Detainees

Mistreatment Of Detainees Mistreatment of Detainees All to Common Coalition forces routinely rounded up Iraqis and then denied or restricted their rights, including legal representation and family visits, guaranteed under the Geneva Conventions during months of incarceration. In a report in February, the Red Cross stated that some military intelligence officers estimated that 70 percent to 90 percent of the persons deprived of their liberty in Iraq have been taken into custody by mistake. According to U.S. officials of the 43,000 Iraqis who have been imprisoned at some point during the Iraqi campaign, only about 600 have been referred to Iraqi authorities for prosecution. American detention tactics have Iraqis such as Satae Qusay, a kebab chef, opposing an occupation they once supported. Qusay said he was taken into custody in June while visiting the household of his brother, a previous low-ranking Baath Party administrator, and did not consult with legal representation during his subsequent three-month detention in a soldiers, prison, during, said, military, staff, servicemen, khatab, command, been, training, taken, study, research, red, prisons, naked, message, little, iraqis, iraqi, iraq, future, essential, custody, cross, authorities, actions, abuse, view, two, tactics, subsequent, standard, set