Detainee Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, whose preferred name is Nashwan al-Tamir, one of the oldest detainees at Guantánamo, is suing the U.S. government to prevent being transferred to a prison in Iraq where he is likely to face abuses and inadequate medical care. Scott Roehm, CVT director of global policy and advocacy, comments that “senior State Department officials have previously determined that Mr. al-Tamir couldn’t be sent to an Iraqi prison without violating the prohibition on torture.” He adds, “The State Department’s own human rights reports, which are consistent with that determination, find that Iraqi prisons are rife with serious human rights abuses, torture included.”

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Guantánamo Convict Sues to Stop U.S. Plan to Send Him to Prison in Iraq

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New York Times