Urgent – .13 women prisoners transferred to their provinces

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Ministry of Justice announced on Thursday transferring 13 women prisoners sentenced with criminal cases to their provinces.

A statement by the Ministry cited that “13 women inmates were transferred to their provinces including 6 of them were moved to Salah il-Din, 3 to Anbar, and 4 to Mosul to complete the period of their sentences.”

It is worth to mention that Anbar, Nineveh, and Salah il-Din provinces witness demonstrations and sit-ins for a week to protest the arrest of the guards of the Finance Minister, Rafa al-Issawi, calling at the same time to release the woman and men prisoners.