Baghdad Prison

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  US Contractor To Pay $42 Million To 3 Iraqis Tortured At Baghdad Prison

  A federal jury on Tuesday found US defense contractor CACI International liable for its role in torture at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad during the Iraq war.

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  Iraq YouTuber, TikToker Jailed Over "Indecent Speech" In Videos

  A court in Baghdad has sentenced two Iraqis to prison time over "indecent" videos on social media that "undermine modesty and public morality", the judiciary said Wednesday.

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  Iraq Sentences British Man To 15 years In Prison For Smuggling Artifacts

  Iraqi authorities had arrested James Fitton, 66, at Baghdad International Airport in March for carrying small fragments of ancient pottery in his baggage.

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  Blackwater Guards Get Heavy Prison Sentences in 2007 Iraq Killings

  One former Blackwater guard was sentenced to life in prison and three others received 30-year sentences Monday for their roles in a 2007 mass shooting in Iraq that left at least 14 civilians dead.

• US Judge Signals He May Order More Abu Ghraib Photos Released

  A federal judge signaled on Wednesday he may order the US government to release as many as 2,000 photographs depicting the alleged harsh treatment of detainees in US custody at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and other sites.

• Iraq Prison Convoy Ambush Kills 60 as UN Chief Visits

  An onslaught on a convoy transferring inmates north of Baghdad left dozens dead, as visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Iraq's survival hinged on a more inclusive government.

• Iraq: 60 Dead in Attack on Prisoner Convoy

  Gunmen attacked a prisoner convoy north of Baghdad on Thursday, setting off a gunbattle with troops in which 52 prisoners and eight soldiers were killed, officials said.

• Iraq Forces Executed 255 Prisoners in Revenge for Islamic State Killings: Rights Group

  Iraqi security forces and government affiliated militias appear to have unlawfully executed at least 255 prisoners over the past month in apparent revenge for killings by Islamic State fighters, according to a rights group on Saturday.

• Mass Prisoner Deaths in Iraq Point to Police Executions

  It was supposed to be a routine job, police say. Move 69 prisoners from an outlying town to a jail in southern Baghdad. But before they arrived at their destination, every single prisoner had been killed.

• Iraq Militants Attack Baghdad Court, Kill Prisoners

  Militants killed 10 people in an assault on a Baghdad court involving suicide bombers and shot dead five army officers in attacks Thursday amid a surge of post-election violence.

• US soldier convicted of Iraq rape, murders found hanged in prison

  A former U.S. Army soldier sentenced to life in prison for the 2006 rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing of her parents and sister, was found hanged in his cell.

• Taliban free nearly 250 in Pakistan jail break

  Dozens of heavily armed Taliban fighters freed nearly 250 prisoners, including hardcore militants, during a sophisticated overnight attack on a Pakistani jail that killed 13 people, officials said today.

• Wave of car bombings target Iraqi Shi'ites, killing 60

  Car bombs ripped through busy streets and markets in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 60 people in predominantly Shi'ite areas in some of the deadliest violence since Sunni insurgents stepped up attacks this year.

• At least 500 escape in deadly assaults on Iraq prisons

  Militants attacked two Iraqi prisons, including notorious Abu Ghraib, with mortars, bombs and gunfire, freeing at least 500 inmates in assaults that cost more than 40 lives, officials said on Monday.

• Attacks on Iraq prisons killed 41 people: officials

  Militants attacked two Iraqi prisons including the notorious Abu Ghraib in a bid to free inmates, sparking all-night clashes in which at least 41 people, officials said on Monday.