(MENAFN) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday ordered an investigation into allegations that members of Iraq's security forces and a Shia paramilitary group had kidnapped and abused civilians in the campaign to take back Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) group.
In detail, Abadi also called on field commanders to make sure no human rights violations were committed under the cover of the war operations, according to an official statement.
A recording circulated on social media and on the Qatar-based Al Jazeera network on Saturday purported to show police officers summarily executing three unarmed men in a district of Mosul retaken from Islamic State.
On 5 January, Amnesty International said Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Units (PMUs) were engaged in a "systematic pattern of violations," including enforced disappearances, torture and unlawful killings targeting the Sunni community.
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