From The Examiner:
BAGHDAD (Map, News) - The U.N. mission in Iraq expressed "serious concern" Tuesday about overcrowded prisons and the treatment of detainees in Iraqi custody in its latest report on the human rights situation in the country.
The report, which covered the first half of the year, also singled out the problem of so-called honor killings of women in northern and southern Iraq.
Staffan de Mistura, the U.N.'s special representative in Iraq, warned that the issue of detainees will be a major challenge as the United States prepares to turn over control of thousands of inmates in its custody.
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BAGHDAD (Map, News) - The U.N. mission in Iraq expressed "serious concern" Tuesday about overcrowded prisons and the treatment of detainees in Iraqi custody in its latest report on the human rights situation in the country.
The report, which covered the first half of the year, also singled out the problem of so-called honor killings of women in northern and southern Iraq.
Staffan de Mistura, the U.N.'s special representative in Iraq, warned that the issue of detainees will be a major challenge as the United States prepares to turn over control of thousands of inmates in its custody.
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