Sadr not to compromise over releasing Sadrist prisoners, says Araji

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The leading figure within the Sadr Trend, Hazim al-Araji, stressed that “Muqtada al-Sadr refuses to compromise over releasing his imprisoned followers.” Araji said “The prisoners of the Sadr Trend are from the resistance elements,” noting “Their weapons were not used against any Iraqi person and their only enemy was the occupier.” “We had called and still call for releasing those prisoners, he added assuring “The Head of the Sadr Trend, Muqtada al-Sadr did not forget the imprisoned resistance fighters, but he formed a legal commission to follow up their cases.”

He pointed out that “Most of those cases were maliciously plotted by the secret informants.”