An energy advisor to the Iraqi Prime Minister facing corruption-related charges arbitrarily detained and tortured
Timeline
March 7, 2023: MENA Rights Group seizes the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD).
April 1, 2022: Al-Hares’ lawyer submits a request for a retrial to the Supreme Judicial Council, which is still pending.
March 2, 2022: The Federal Court announces the dissolution of Committee No. 29.
February 15, 2022: The verdict is upheld by the Court of Cassation.
January 5, 2022: Al-Hares is sentenced by the Al-Rusafa Criminal Court to 6 years’ imprisonment.
January 5, 2022: Al-Hares is allowed to contact his lawyer.
October 17, 2020: Al-Hares is presented before the investigating judge for the first time.
October 3, 2020: Al-Hares is arrested while attending a meeting on the maintenance of power stations at the Prime Minister’s office.
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