Hundreds of children detained over IS links in Iraq – HRW

Human Rights Watch has urged the Iraqi and Kurdish authorities to amend anti terror laws to end detention.

The group says more than 1,000 children are being held in detention in Iraq and Kurdish-run areas for alleged links to Islamic State.

Information has it that the suspects are often arbitrarily arrested and tortured to force confession.

The human rights group stresses that international law recognizes children recruited as armed groups a victims who should be rehabilitated and reintegrated into society.

Iraq and the Kurdish authorities have so far made no comment.