256 detainees released from al-Nassiriya jail

Thi-Qar THI-QAR / IraqiNews.com: A total of 265 out of 903 detainees from al-Eislahi jail in Thi-Qar have been released since the pardon law come into force, nine years ago, the director of the prison said on Tuesday. “The number of prisoners who have been freed from al-Eislahi jail in Nassiriya reached 265 out of the total 903 prisoners in the jail,” Nasser Shamkhi told IraqiNews.com. The Iraqi Parliament had endorsed on February 13 a law granting amnesty to Iraqis and others residing in Iraq after it was amended by Parliament to include as large a number of detainees as possible, according to Iraqi government officials. The law, however, did not include people convicted of genocide or mass killing, nor administrative and financial corruption and terrorism cases. SH (P)/SR 1