Iraqi Kurdistan grants 1.4 million dinars for each of its political prisoners.

  ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: The Council of Ministers of north Iraq ’s Kurdistan Region has decided to grant about 1.4 million Iraqi dinars for each of its 262 political prisoners, according to the Media Director of Kurdistan ’s Ministry of Martyrs and Anfal Victims on Thursday.   “ Kurdistan ’s Council of Ministers has decided to grant each of the 262 political prisoners 1.4 million dinars, calling on them to report to the Ministry to complete the legal measures and receive their cheques,” Fuad Othman told IraqiNews.com news agency.   Kurdistan President, Massoud Barzani, has approved last Monday a draft-law on the Political Prisoners in Kurdistan Region, according to a media source in the Region.   “Barzani had approved the draft-law on the Political Prisoners in Kurdistan Region at the end of June last,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency, pointing out that the draft-law was sent to the Parliament for approval, to become valid after its publication in the Official Gazette,” he said.   On his part, the Director of Kurdistan’s Department of Political Prisoners in Kurdistan’s Martyrs and Anfal Victims, Ahmed Rassoul, said that “the Law No. 11 of 2011 had been approved by Kurdistan ’s Parliament and sent to the related offices in the government and the Parliament, pointing out that the number of political prisoners available in his Department is 2,300.”   SKH (IT)   512