ISIL-linked detainees report night raids, extortion, violence at Roj camp
In 2023, more than 52,000 people – mostly Syrians and Iraqis – were held in al-Hol and Roj, including an estimated 12,000 foreign nationals.She found that conditions met “the threshold for torture under international law”. Advertisement Some have since been transferred to Iraq, she said, where they were detained in a makeshift prison for adult alleged ISIL fighters.
- ▪In 2023, more than 52,000 people – mostly Syrians and Iraqis – were held in al-Hol and Roj, including an estimated 12,000 foreign nationals.She found that conditions met “the threshold for torture under international law”.
- ▪Advertisement Some have since been transferred to Iraq, she said, where they were detained in a makeshift prison for adult alleged ISIL fighters.
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Features|ISIL/ISISISIL-linked detainees report night raids, extortion, violence at Roj campOver 2,300 women and children are still held in what UN experts and human rights groups describe as open-ended detention.ListenListen (6 mins)SaveShare ISIL-linked detainees report night raids, extortion, violence at Roj camp on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoRoj camp in north east Syria [File: Nils Adler/Al Jazeera]By Nils AdlerPublished On 22 Sep 202622 Sep 2026When the shooting starts, Sara tells her children to lie flat on the ground; the bullets, she said, can go straight through her family’s tent.Sara, who asked that her real name not be used, has been arbitrarily detained for nearly a decade in Roj camp in Syria’s far northeast,…
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