Iraq records 400 prison deaths in 2025, rights group says

Iraq records 400 prison deaths in 2025, rights group says

The Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights (IOHR) warned there was a "dangerous escalation" in human rights violations in the country and that there was a dramatic increase in deaths of prisoners. The observatory noted there were at least 400 deaths recorded in various prisons and detention centres across the country in 2025. This comes after a detainee was announced dead last week in the Dhi Qar province in southern Iraq, just days after another di…