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Hilla The employees and guards of Hilla Central Prison organized today, Thursday, a protest in front of the prison building, to demand the payment of their overdue financial dues.
Dozens of employees and guards staged a sit-in in front of the prison building to demand the payment of their overdue financial dues for three years and to include their food allowances. They threatened to declare an indefinite strike unless their demands were met.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Kirkuk Two soldiers were killed and three others were wounded, in an attack by ISIS terrorists northwest of Kirkuk.
A security source said: “ISIS members detonated two explosive devices targeting a vehicle near the village of Al-Sahel within Sargaran district of Dibis district, and this was followed by an attack with machine guns, which resulted in the death of two soldiers and the wounding of three others.”
It is noteworthy that the area is located within the areas of contact with the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and includes oil wells within Bay Hassan field, and near it is Qara Jokh mountain range, which ISIS elements use to hide.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Kut Detachments of the Anti-Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Department in Wasit Police managed to arrest two suspects of drug trafficking and abuse, in a security operation carried out in the city of Kut.
A source in the Wasit Police told the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) that the arrests were carried out by detachments of the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Control Department in cooperation with the supporting agencies, and the defendants were seized with bags containing the narcotic crystal and 20 Tramadol pills, adding that the defendants were criminalized according to the provisions of the. Articles 28 and 32 of drugs law and their referral to the judiciary.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Baghdad Legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi said that what is published in the media about the existence of violations in prisons necessitates opening an investigation, especially by the Public Prosecution.
Al-Tamimi said in a statement that prisons in Iraq are subject, according to the Inmates and Depositors Reform Law 14 of 2018, to the oversight of the Public Prosecution, the Ministry of Human Rights, the General Inspectors Departments, the Commission for Human Rights, and any other legally empowered body, including Parliament, according to Article 61 of the Constitution, and prison administrations are also obligated according to this law to correct the inmates and depositors and rehabilitate them and create the appropriate atmosphere to re-enter society again.
He added that this law necessitated granting leave with conditions and exceptions, pointing out that prison overcrowding necessitates the expansion of building new prisons for the future and also requires the enactment of a new general amnesty law, especially after the end of the war with ISIS, pointing out that all countries of the world grant forgiveness and amnesty after the end of wars.
He stressed that the monitoring of prisons is carried out by the Public Prosecution, the Commission for Human Rights and Parliament through the inspection that they carry out, and they have the right to request the opening of an investigation in this regard, according to Law 14 of 2018, the Law on Inmates and Depositors.
He indicated that what was announced in the media about the existence of violations in prisons necessitated opening an investigation in this regard, especially from the Public Prosecution, and these actions can be called crimes against humanity because of the status of prisoners, as they are like prisoners without power or strength.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Baquba Seven civilians were injured in two traffic accidents on two strategic roads in Diyala Governorate.
A police source told the correspondent of the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) that a traffic accident occurred on the Kirkuk-Baghdad road, injuring four civilians, two of whom are in critical condition.
He added that another traffic accident on the Kalar-Khanaqin road, northeast of Baquba, resulted in the injury of three civilians.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
Baghdad The Preparatory Committee for the opening ceremony held a deliberative meeting to put the final touches to the opening of the stadium, next Monday, to be the second stadium that hosts the 25th Gulf Championship matches, in addition to the Basra International Stadium.
The head of the committee, Director General of the Department of Regions and Governorates Affairs, Talib Jaber Al-Moussawi, said that the meeting included the staff of the Ministry of Youth and the director of the stadium, in addition to the company organizing the opening ceremony, the company executing the project, and the representative of the Football Association, who supervises the match that will be held within the opening ceremony that will bring together Al-Mina Club and Al-Kuwait Club, in addition to a number of artistic and bands that will be included in the opening ceremony.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency