Four years of wrongful imprisonment end with tears of joy
213 views · Published 23 March 2017 · 2:21 · Indexed 28 October 2026
Channel: Rudaw English · 2017 · People & Blogs
Farhad Wadi was arrested by the police in 2013 and was jailed, following a trial, for the murder of someone in the Kurdish town of Zakho. But Wadi himself and his family insisted that he was innocent. Wadi claimed he had been forced to confess to the murder under severe torture. Eventually on the eve of Newroz, on March 20, he was released after the police had caught the real culprit and a judge was convinced that Wadi had been wrongly imprisoned. Rudaw followed Wadi’s case from day one through his trial and eventual release. His family say those who falsely convicted him as well as those who tortured him must be prosecuted. The police chief denies Wadi’s claims of torture and abuse.
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