Human Rights Watch on Thursday called on Tunisia to bring home nearly 200 children of suspected jihadists stranded or held in crowded camps and prisons in Libya, Iraq and Syria. The New York-based rights watchdog welcomed Tunisia’s repatriation last month of six orphaned children of alleged Islamic State group members from Libya as a “step toward protecting” their rights. It said that 36 other children of IS suspects remained stranded in Libya, while 160 were believed to be detained in Syria and Iraq. “Tunisia should move swiftly to follow this positive step with further action to bring home its children trapped in squalid camps and prisons in war-torn countries,” said HRW’s Tunisia director, Amna Guellali. In recent years, Tunisia has been one of the key sources of jihadists who headed to conflicts around the world.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 07, 2020 15:22 UTC