Report finds US still not compensated Iraqi prisoners for systematic torture during invasion

A human rights organization discovered that the US has failed to compensate Iraqis who suffered from systemic torture and abuse in American prisons during the 2003 invasion.

According to a report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW), the United States has failed to provide redress or compensation to Iraqi victims of its military’s torture and abuse at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison as well as others.

The report, published on September 25, concludes that the HRW could find no evidence that the US government has paid any compensation or other redress to victims, nor has it issued any individual apologies or other amends.

During the US invasion and thereafter occupation of Iraq from 2003 and 2009, about 100,000 Iraqis are believed to have been held by the US and its coalition allies.

Various human rights organisations have documented torture and other forms of ill-treatment by US troops during that period, which eventually forced then-President George W Bush to apologise for the atrocities.